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All Quotes by author - George Gurdjieff

" 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. "

" A man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom remains the same even for half an hour. "

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

" A 'sin' is something which is not necessary. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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