"In order to understand the interrelation of truth……" — G I Gurdjieff
"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 himself."
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G I Gurdjieff
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70 Quotes by G I Gurdjieff
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If you help others, you will be helped, perhaps tomorrow, perhaps in one hundred years, but you will be helped.…
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A considerable percentage of the people we meet on the street are people who are empty inside, that is, they…
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Sincerity is the key which will open the door through which you will see your separate parts, and you will…
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Awakening begins when a man realizes that he is going nowhere and does not know where to go.
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He who has gotten rid of the disease of "tomorrow" has a chance of achieving what he is here for.
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The first reason for people's slavery is our ignorance, and above all, our ignorance of ourselves.
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Those who have not sown anything during their responsible life will have nothing to reap in the future.
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Every grown-up man consists wholly of habits, although he is often unaware of it and even denies having any habits…
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A miracle is not the breaking of physical laws, but rather represents laws which are incomprehensible to us.
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Life is real only then, when "I am".
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Man has the possibility of existence after death. But possibility is one thing and the realization of the possibility is…
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If a sufficient number of people who wanted to stop war really did gather together, they would first of all…
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Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to…
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Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be…
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I live in constant fear of being fired or dropped for that dark part of my work I can't control.
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The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to weep, somewhere else another stops.…
— Samuel Beckett
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The Mind that lies fallow but a single Day, sprouts up in Follies that are only to be killed by…
— Joseph Addison
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To a contrarian like me, constant advice not to do something almost always starts me quickly down the risky, unpopular…
— Michael Bloomberg
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People are no longer primarily in opposition, nor can they be said to be interacting, rather they are participating in…
— David Bohm
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The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his…
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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I'm in a constant process of thinking about things.
— Richard Brautigan
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Marriages, like careers, need constant nurturing... the secret of having it all is loving it all.
— Joyce Brothers
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That's gotta be the one remaining constant - jeans have gotta be tight, baby.
— Luke Bryan
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For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime…
— Albert Camus
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