You are in prison. If you wish to get out of prison, the first thing you must do is realize that you are in prison. If you think you are free, you can't escape. - G.I. Gurdjieff
Common aim is stronger than blood. - G.I. Gurdjieff
Now everything that you do is written in red or black in Angel Gabriel's book. Not for everyone is this record kept, but only for those who have taken a position of responsibility. There is a Law of Sins, and if you do not fulfil all your obligations, you will pay. - G.I. Gurdjieff
Only super-efforts count. - G.I. Gurdjieff
With thorns in the inner world there will always be roses in the outer world, in law-able compensation. - G.I. Gurdjieff
The one great art is that of making a complete human being of oneself. - G.I. Gurdjieff
Wish' is the most powerful thing in the world. Higher than God. - G.I. Gurdjieff
Man must use what he has, not hope for what is not. - G.I. Gurdjieff
From looking at your neighbor and realizing his true significance, and that he will die, pity and compassion will arise in you for him and finally you will love him. - G.I. Gurdjieff
The only type of sexual relations possible are those with someone who is as advanced and capable as oneself. - G.I. Gurdjieff
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. - G.I. Gurdjieff
The greatest untold story is the evolution of God. - G.I. Gurdjieff
Remember you come here having already understood the necessity of struggling with yourself — only with yourself. Therefore thank everyone who gives you the opportunity. - G.I. Gurdjieff
I will tell you one thing that will make you rich for life. There are two struggles: an Inner-world struggle and an Outer-world struggle...you must make an intentional contact between these two worlds; then you can crystallize data for the Third World, the World of the Soul. - G.I. Gurdjieff
Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness. - G.I. Gurdjieff