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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-i-gurdjieff/if-a-sufficient-number-of-people-who-wanted-to-stop-war-really-did/)

[G. I. Gurdjieff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-i-gurdjieff/)

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## More by G. I. Gurdjieff

> [Nothing can be attained without suffering but at the same time one must begin by sacrificing suffering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-i-gurdjieff/nothing-can-be-attained-without-suffering-but-at-the-same-time-one/)

[G. I. Gurdjieff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-i-gurdjieff/)

> [If you meditate and the Devil comes, make the Devil meditate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-i-gurdjieff/if-you-meditate-and-the-devil-comes-make-the-devil-meditate/)

[G. I. Gurdjieff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-i-gurdjieff/)

> [It is only by grounding our awareness in the living sensation of our bodies that the 'I Am,' our real presence, can awaken.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-i-gurdjieff/it-is-only-by-grounding-our-awareness-in-the-living-sensation-of-our/)

[G. I. Gurdjieff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-i-gurdjieff/)

> [Those who have not sown anything during their responsible life will have nothing to reap in the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-i-gurdjieff/those-who-have-not-sown-anything-during-their-responsible-life-will/)

[G. I. Gurdjieff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-i-gurdjieff/)

> [Try to understand what I am saying: everything is dependent on everything else, everything is connected, nothing is separate. Therefore everything is going in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-i-gurdjieff/try-to-understand-what-i-am-saying-everything-is-dependent-on/)

[G. I. Gurdjieff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-i-gurdjieff/)

> [From my point of view, he can be called a remarkable man who stands out from those around him by the resourcefulness of his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-i-gurdjieff/from-my-point-of-view-he-can-be-called-a-remarkable-man-who-stands/)

[G. I. Gurdjieff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-i-gurdjieff/)

> [To know all, it is necessary to know very little; but to know that very little, one must first know pretty much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-i-gurdjieff/to-know-all-it-is-necessary-to-know-very-little-but-to-know-that-very/)

[G. I. Gurdjieff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-i-gurdjieff/)

> [Hope of consciousness is strength Hope of feelings is slavery Hope of body is disease.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-i-gurdjieff/hope-of-consciousness-is-strength-hope-of-feelings-is-slavery-hope-of/)

[G. I. Gurdjieff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-i-gurdjieff/)

> [The degree of consciousness corresponds to the degree of density or the speed of vibrations. The denser the matter, the less conscious it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-i-gurdjieff/the-degree-of-consciousness-corresponds-to-the-degree-of-density-or/)

[G. I. Gurdjieff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-i-gurdjieff/)

> [Knowledge by itself does not give understanding. Nor is understanding increased by an increase of knowledge alone. Understanding depends upon the relation of knowledge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-i-gurdjieff/knowledge-by-itself-does-not-give-understanding-nor-is-understanding/)

[G. I. Gurdjieff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-i-gurdjieff/)

> [A miracle is not the breaking of physical laws, but rather represents laws which are incomprehensible to us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-i-gurdjieff/a-miracle-is-not-the-breaking-of-physical-laws-but-rather-represents/)

[G. I. Gurdjieff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-i-gurdjieff/)

> [Sincerity is the key which will open the door through which you will see your separate parts, and you will see something quite new.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-i-gurdjieff/sincerity-is-the-key-which-will-open-the-door-through-which-you-will/)

[G. I. Gurdjieff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-i-gurdjieff/)

> [If a man could understand all the horror of the lives of ordinary people who are turning around in a circle of insignificant interests…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-i-gurdjieff/if-a-man-could-understand-all-the-horror-of-the-lives-of-ordinary/)

[G. I. Gurdjieff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-i-gurdjieff/)

> [That which is easy is bad for your inner life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-i-gurdjieff/that-which-is-easy-is-bad-for-your-inner-life/)

[G. I. Gurdjieff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-i-gurdjieff/)

> [My way is to develop the hidden potentialities of man; a way that is against Nature and against God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-i-gurdjieff/my-way-is-to-develop-the-hidden-potentialities-of-man-a-way-that-is/)

[G. I. Gurdjieff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-i-gurdjieff/)

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