G.I. Gurdjieff
George Ivanovich Gurdjieff
c. 1866-1949 • Armenian-Greek
Fourth Way
Mystic and spiritual teacher who taught that most humans live in a state of hypnotic sleep. Founded the Fourth Way.
Key Works
- Beelzebub's Tales
- Meetings with Remarkable Men
- In Search of the Miraculous
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Quotes by G.I. Gurdjieff
109 quotes“Everything that man thinks he does happens to him.”
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“Man is a machine.”
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“All his deeds, actions, words, thoughts, feelings, convictions, opinions, and habits — they are all the result of external influences, external impressions.”
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“Out of himself a man cannot produce a single thought, a single action.”
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“Everything he says, does, thinks, feels — all this happens.”
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“Man does not love. Love loves through him.”
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“Man does not work. Work happens through him.”
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“To know oneself one must remember oneself.”
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“And to remember oneself, one must work on oneself.”
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“Man is asleep.”
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“His life is a continuous dream.”
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“He thinks he is awake, but he is not.”
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“Without awakening, all other tasks are illusory.”
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“Self-remembering is the central practice.”
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“To remember oneself is to be present to oneself.”
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“Most of life is lived without self-remembering.”
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“Therefore most of life is lost.”
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“Identification is the chief enemy of self-remembering.”
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“To awaken is the first task.”
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