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> [The process of inner self-examination brings about a knowledge that is as rigorous and supported by evidence as anything science has to offer. At the same time, this point of view redefines faith as a knowledge that is attained not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-needleman/the-process-of-inner-self-examination-brings-about-a-knowledge-that/)

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## More by Jacob Needleman

> [We are born for meaning, not pleasure, unless it is pleasure that is steeped in meaning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-needleman/we-are-born-for-meaning-not-pleasure-unless-it-is-pleasure-that-is/)

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> [Why has time disappeared in our culture? How is it that after decades of inventions and new technologies devoted to saving time and labor,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-needleman/why-has-time-disappeared-in-our-culture-how-is-it-that-after-decades/)

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> [If one steps out on a starry night and observes one's inner state, one asks if one could hate or be overwhelmed by envy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-needleman/if-one-steps-out-on-a-starry-night-and-observes-one-s-inner-state-one/)

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> [Life is not so much defined by the external situation as it is by the internal one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-needleman/life-is-not-so-much-defined-by-the-external-situation-as-it-is-by-the/)

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> [“This is the mark of great ideas: they unify people and they also act to unify the disparate parts of the human being; they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-needleman/this-is-the-mark-of-great-ideas-they-unify-people-and-they-also-act/)

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> [Our modern world-view tragically misperceives and wrongly defines what it is to be human. We are conditioned by our society to believe happiness comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-needleman/our-modern-world-view-tragically-misperceives-and-wrongly-defines/)

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> [For the growing number of people seeking to approach the ideas of Gurdjieff, Toward Awakening by Jean Vaysse offers reliable guidance, as well as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-needleman/for-the-growing-number-of-people-seeking-to-approach-the-ideas-of/)

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> [The problem of money dogs our steps throughout the whole of our lives, exerting a pressure that, in its way, is as powerful and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-needleman/the-problem-of-money-dogs-our-steps-throughout-the-whole-of-our-lives/)

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> [ What is \[the role of money\] in the search for meaning? Is our relationship to it one of the chief factors that keeps us… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-needleman/what-is-the-role-of-money-in-the-search-for-meaning-is-our/)

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> [“Remember how long you have been putting these things off, and how often you have received an opportunity from the gods and have not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-needleman/remember-how-long-you-have-been-putting-these-things-off-and-how/)

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> [As my personal explorations continued, I experienced this quality of inner reality more and more and could no longer doubt that the meaning of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-needleman/as-my-personal-explorations-continued-i-experienced-this-quality-of/)

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> [To love my neighbor is to assist the arising and unfolding in him of that which can harmonize the real elements of his nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-needleman/to-love-my-neighbor-is-to-assist-the-arising-and-unfolding-in-him-of/)

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> [Our world, so we see and hear on all sides, is drowning in materialism, commercialism, consumerism. But the problem is not really there. What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-needleman/our-world-so-we-see-and-hear-on-all-sides-is-drowning-in-materialism/)

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> [As to how I would guide someone who is confused about the idea of God, I would suggest that he or she begins identifying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-needleman/as-to-how-i-would-guide-someone-who-is-confused-about-the-idea-of-god/)

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> [Money is like a mirror to our culture. What we see tells us who we are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-needleman/money-is-like-a-mirror-to-our-culture-what-we-see-tells-us-who-we-are/)

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