G. I. Gurdjieff Quotes - Page 3

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• Remember yourself always and everywhere.

  G. I. Gurdjieff

  Remember

  Aphorisms inscribed in a special script above the walls of the Study House at the Prieuré, www.gurdjieff.org.

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• From my point of view, he can be called a remarkable man who stands out from those around him by the resourcefulness of his mind, and who knows how to be restrained in the manifestations which proceed from his nature, at the same time conducting himself justly and tolerantly towards the weaknesses of others.

  G. I. Gurdjieff

  Men, Views, Mind

  G. I. Gurdjieff (1991). “Meetings with Remarkable Men”, p.30, Penguin

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• All who have come to me must have enema each day.

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  Each Day

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• Better to die than live in sleep.

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  Sleep, Dies

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• The first fundamental law of the universe is the law of three forces, of three principles, or , as it is often called, the law of three. According to this law every action, every phenomenon in all worlds without exception, is the result of a simultaneous action of three forces- the positive, the negative, and the neutralizing.

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  Law, Principles, Negative

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• Consciousness is a state in which a man knows all at once everything that he in general knows and in which he can see how little he does know and how many contradictions there are in what he knows.

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  Men, Doe, Littles

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• We must strive for freedom if we strive for self-knowledge. The task of self-knowledge and of further self-development is of such importance and seriousness, it demands such intensity of effort, that to attempt it any old way and amongst other things is impossible. The person who undertakes this task must put it first in his life, which is not so long that he can afford to squander it on trifles.

  G. I. Gurdjieff

  Self, Long, Effort

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• Man must use what he has, not hope for what is not.

  G. I. Gurdjieff

  Men, Use

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• The greatest untold story is the evolution of God.

  G. I. Gurdjieff

  Untold Stories, Stories, Evolution

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• The first thing, the very very first thing, "Find out what your greatest characteristic is, your greatest undoing, your central characteristic of unconsciousness." Each one's is different. Somebody is sex-obsessed. In a country like India, where for centuries sex has been repressed, that has become almost a universal characteristic; everybody is obsessed with sex. Somebody is obsessed with anger, and somebody else is obsessed with greed. You have to watch which is your basic obsession.

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  Country, Sex, Greed

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• It is the greatest mistake to think that man is always one and the same. A man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom remains the same even for half an hour.

  G. I. Gurdjieff

  Change, Mistake, Men

  "In Search of the Miraculous: Fragments of an Unknown Teaching". Book by Pyotr Ouspensky, 1949.

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• If a sufficient number of people who wanted to stop war really did gather together, they would first of all begin by making war upon those who disagreed with them. And it is still more certain that they would make war on people who also want to stop wars but in another way.

  G. I. Gurdjieff

  War, Numbers, People

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• Nothing can be attained without suffering but at the same time one must begin by sacrificing suffering.

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  Sacrifice, Suffering

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• If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest.

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  Want, Priests, Ifs

  "All and Everything: Meetings with Remarkable Men". Book by George Gurdjieff, 1963.

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• It is the same with everything else, with food, with pleasures, with sleep; with everything there is a limit to what is necessary. After this "sin" begins. This is something that must be grasped, a "sin" is something which is not necessary.

  G. I. Gurdjieff

  Sin

  "In Search of the Miraculous: Fragments of an Unknown Teaching". Book by Pyotr Ouspensky, 1949.

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• One of the best means for arousing the wish to work on yourself is to realize that you may die at any moment. But first you must learn how to keep it in mind.

  G. I. Gurdjieff

  Mean, Mind, Wish

  Aphorisms inscribed in a special script above the walls of the Study House at the Prieuré, www.gurdjieff.org.

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• Only super-efforts count.

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  Effort

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• Practice love first on animals, they are more sensitive.

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  Animal, Practice, Firsts

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• From looking at your neighbor and realizing his true significance, and that he will die, pity and compassion will arise in you for him and finally you will love him.

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  Compassion, Realizing, Pity

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• Blessed is he who has a soul, blessed is he who has none, but woe and grief to him who has it in embryo.

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  Blessed, Grief, Soul

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• The highest that a man can attain is to be able to do.

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  Men, Able, Highest

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• Life is real only then, when "I am".

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  Life, Real, Life Is

  G. I. Gurdjieff (2013). “In Search of Being”, p.208, Shambhala Publications

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• Knowledge can be acquired by a suitable and complete study, no matter what the starting point is. Only one must know how to "learn." What is nearest to us is man; and you are the nearest of all men to yourself. Begin with the study of yourself; remember the saying "Know thyself."

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  Men, Matter, Study

  "All and Everything: Views from the Real World". Book by G. I. Gurdjieff, 1973.

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• Love without knowledge is demonic.

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  Demonic

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• Hope of consciousness is strength.
  Hope of feelings is slavery.
  Hope of body is disease.

  G. I. Gurdjieff

  Hope, Feelings, Body

  "All and Everything: Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson". Book by George Gurdjieff, 1950.

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