You can never awaken using the same system that put you to sleep in the first place. — G. I. Gurdjieff Copy Share Image
The first reason for people's slavery is our ignorance, and above all, our ignorance of ourselves. — G. I. Gurdjieff Copy Share Image
One of the strongest motives for wishing to work on yourself is the realization that you may die at any moment -… — G. I. Gurdjieff Copy Share Image
One of the best means for arousing the wish to work on yourself is to realize that you may die at any… — G. I. Gurdjieff Copy Share Image
To know all, it is necessary to know very little; but to know that very little, one must first know pretty much. — G. I. Gurdjieff Copy Share Image
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… — G. I. Gurdjieff Copy Share Image
If a sufficient number of people who wanted to stop war really did gather together, they would first of all begin by… — G. I. Gurdjieff Copy Share Image
The first fundamental law of the universe is the law of three forces, of three principles, or , as it is often… — G. I. Gurdjieff Copy Share Image
A man must first of all understand certain things. He has thousands of false ideas and false conceptions, chiefly about himself, and… — G. I. Gurdjieff Copy Share Image
The first thing, the very very first thing, "Find out what your greatest characteristic is, your greatest undoing, your central characteristic of… — G. I. Gurdjieff Copy Share Image
Nothing can be attained without suffering but at the same time one must begin by sacrificing suffering. — G. I. Gurdjieff Copy Share
It is only by grounding our awareness in the living sensation of our bodies that the 'I Am,' our real presence, can awaken. — G. I. Gurdjieff Copy Share
Those who have not sown anything during their responsible life will have nothing to reap in the future. — G. I. Gurdjieff Copy Share
Try to understand what I am saying: everything is dependent on everything else, everything is connected, nothing is separate. Therefore everything is going in… — G. I. Gurdjieff Copy Share
From my point of view, he can be called a remarkable man who stands out from those around him by the resourcefulness of his… — G. I. Gurdjieff Copy Share
To know all, it is necessary to know very little; but to know that very little, one must first know pretty much. — G. I. Gurdjieff Copy Share
Hope of consciousness is strength Hope of feelings is slavery Hope of body is disease. — G. I. Gurdjieff Copy Share
The degree of consciousness corresponds to the degree of density or the speed of vibrations. The denser the matter, the less conscious it is. — G. I. Gurdjieff Copy Share
Knowledge by itself does not give understanding. Nor is understanding increased by an increase of knowledge alone. Understanding depends upon the relation of knowledge… — G. I. Gurdjieff Copy Share
A miracle is not the breaking of physical laws, but rather represents laws which are incomprehensible to us. — G. I. Gurdjieff Copy Share
Sincerity is the key which will open the door through which you will see your separate parts, and you will see something quite new.… — G. I. Gurdjieff Copy Share
If a man could understand all the horror of the lives of ordinary people who are turning around in a circle of insignificant interests… — G. I. Gurdjieff Copy Share
My way is to develop the hidden potentialities of man; a way that is against Nature and against God. — G. I. Gurdjieff Copy Share
