George Ivanovich Gurdjieff Quotes

• Man must use what he has, not hope for what is not.

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• Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness.

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• The greatest untold story is the evolution of God.

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• 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 it is not religion but fantasy or philosophy.

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• A man will renounce any pleasures you like but he will not give up his suffering.

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• Every ceremony or rite has a value if it is performed without alteration. A ceremony is a book in which a great deal is written. Anyone who understands can read it. One rite often contains more than a hundred books.

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• A “sin” is something which is not necessary.

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• 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 the sooner a man begins to verify all he hears the better it is for him.

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•  Laughter relieves us of superfluous energy, which, if it remained unused, might become negative, that is, poison. Laughter is the antidote.

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  A man can only attain knowledge with the help of those who possess it. This must be understood from the very beginning. One must learn from him who knows.

   

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• 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 continually changing. He seldom remains the same even for half an hour.

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• If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest.

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• Without struggle, no progress and no result. Every breaking of habit produces a change in the machine.

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• 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 a slave.

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George Ivanovich Gurdjieff (14)

Birth:	13th January, 1866
Death:	29th October, 1949
Nationality:	Russian
Profession:	Philosopher, Teacher

About

George Ivanovich Gurdjieff(G. I. Gurdjieff) was born in Alexandropol, Russia. He was an influential early 20th century Russian philosopher and spiritual teacher. He taught that most humans do not possess a unified mind-body consciousness and thus live their lives in a state of hypnotic "waking sleep", but that it is possible to transcend to a higher state of consciousness and achieve full human potential. He wrote several books include: Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson, Meetings with Remarkable Men, The Herald of Coming Good, The Inner Journey, and The Struggle of the Magicians.

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