George Gurdjieff Quotes


"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."
- George Gurdjieff
(Related: Religion, Fantasy, Man, Philosophy)

"Without struggle, no progress and no result. Every breaking of habit produces a change in the machine."
- George Gurdjieff
(Related: Change, Progress, Habit, Machine, Result, Struggle)

"Laughter relieves us of superfluous energy, which, if it remained unused, might become negative, that is, poison. Laughter is the antidote."
- George Gurdjieff
(Related: Negative, Energy, Laughter, Poison)

"A man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom remains the same even for half an hour."
- George Gurdjieff
(Related: Man)

"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."
- George Gurdjieff
(Related: Knowledge, Beginning, Help, Man)