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Man Quotes by G I Gurdjieff
- Awakening begins when a man realizes that he is going nowhere and does not know where to go.
- Every grown-up man consists wholly of habits, although he is often unaware of it and even denies having any habits at all.
- Man has the possibility of existence after death. But possibility is one thing and the realization of the possibility is quite a different thing.
- The evolution of man is the evolution of his consciousness, and 'consciousness' cannot evolve unconsciously. The evolution of man is the evolution of his will,…
- 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,…
- In order to understand the interrelation of truth and falsehood in life, a man must understand falsehood in himself, the constant incessant lies he tells…
- If a man could understand all the horror of the lives of ordinary people who are turning around in a circle of insignificant interests and…
- The highest that a man can attain is to be able to do.
- Knowledge by itself does not give understanding. Nor is understanding increased by an increase of knowledge alone. Understanding depends upon the relation of knowledge to…
- One may say that evil does not exist for subjective man at all, that there exist only different conceptions of good. Nobody ever does anything…
- Personality in man is what is "not his own" . . . what come from outside, what he has learned, or reflects, all traces of…
- 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…
- Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain…
- Religion is doing; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he 'lives' his religion as much as he is able, otherwise…
- In properly organized groups no faith is required; what is required is simply a little trust and even that only for a little while, for…
- Two things in life are infinite; the stupidity of man and the mercy of God.
- 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…
- It is very difficult also to sacrifice one's suffering. A man will renounce any pleasures you like but he will not give up his suffering.
- Man must use what he has, not hope for what is not.
- Man has no individual i. But there are, instead, hundreds and thousands of separate small "i"s, very often entirely unknown to one another, never coming…
- What is possible for individual man is impossible for the masses.
- Self-observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change. And in observing himself a man notices that self-observation itself brings about certain changes…
- Would a CONSCIOUS human being destroy himself through war, and crime, and quarrels? No, a man simply knows not what he does to himself.
More Man Quotes
- Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. — Hannah Arendt
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
- Hope is the dream of a waking man. — Aristotle
- Man is by nature a political animal. — Aristotle
- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does… — Aristotle
- Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. — Aristotle