G. I. Gurdjieff

"It is impossible to recognize a wrong way without knowing the right way. This means that it is no use troubling oneself how to recognize a wrong way. One must think of how to find the right way."

"Man such as we know him, is a machine."

"In right knowledge the study of man must proceed on parallel lines with the study of the world, and the study of the world must run parallel with the study of man."

"From my point of view, he can be called a remarkable man who stands out from those around him by the resourcefulness of his mind, and who knows how to be restrained in the manifestations which proceed…"

"By teaching others you will learn yourself."

"You must understand that ordinary efforts do not count; only superefforts count."

"The being of two people can differ from one another more than the being of a mineral and of an animal. This is exactly what people do not understand. And they do not understand that knowledge depends …"

"Man has the possibility of existence after death. But possibility is one thing and the realization of the possibility is quite a different thing."