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First Quotes by G I Gurdjieff
- The first reason for people's slavery is our ignorance, and above all, our ignorance of ourselves.
- 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…
- The first fundamental law of the universe is the law of three forces, of three principles, or , as it is often called, the law…
- To know all, it is necessary to know very little; but to know that very little, one must first know pretty much.
- 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…
- Practice love on animals first; they react better and more sensitively.
- To know means to know all. Not to know all means not to know. In order to know all, it is only necessary to know…
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- He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. — Aristotle
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