G. I. Gurdjieff: Trending quotes (page 3)

“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

Aphorisms

“The sole means now for the saving of the beings of the planet Earth would be to implant again into their presences a new organ … of such properties that every one of these unfortunates during the process of existence should constantly sense and be cognizant of the inevitability of his own death as well as the death of everyone upon whom his eyes or attention rests. Only such a sensation and such a cognizance can now destroy the egoism completely crystallized in them.”

G. I. Gurdjieff

All and Everything: Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson (1950)

Death , Sense

“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

In Search of the Miraculous (1949)

Understanding , Knowledge

“Here there are neither Russians nor English, Jews nor Christians, but only those who pursue one aim — to be able to be.”

G. I. Gurdjieff

Aphorisms

“ACCORDING TO the numerous deductions and conclusions made by me during experimental elucidations concerning the productivity of the perception by contemporary people of new impressions from what is heard and read, and also according to the thought of one of the sayings of popular wisdom I have just remembered, handed down to our days from very ancient times, which declares: “Any prayer may be heard by the Higher Powers and a corresponding answer obtained only if it is uttered thrice:
:Firstly—for the welfare or the peace of the souls of one’s parents.
:Secondly—for the welfare of one’s neighbor.
:And only thirdly—for oneself personally.”

G. I. Gurdjieff

"Friendly Advice [Written impromptu by the author on delivering this book, already prepared for publication, to the printer" (1949)
All and Everything: Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson (1950)

Wisdom , People , Peace , Soul

“Formerly, it may be said, my whole being was possessed by egoism. All my manifestations and experiencings flowed from my vanity. The meeting with Father Giovanni killed all this, and from then on there gradually arose in me that "something" which has brought the whole of me to the unshakable conviction that, apart from the vanities of life, there exists a "something else" which must be the aim and ideal of every more or less thinking man, and that it is only this something else which may make a man really happy and give him real values, instead of the illusory "goods" with which in ordinary life he is always and in everything full.”

G. I. Gurdjieff

All and Everything: Meetings with Remarkable Men (1963)

Life , Thinking , Happiness

“Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness.”

G. I. Gurdjieff

Aphorisms

Faith , Freedom

“Sincerity is the key which will open the door through which you will see your separate parts, and you will see something quite new. You must go on trying to be sincere. Each day you put on a mask, and you must take it off little by little.”

G. I. Gurdjieff

All and Everything: Views from the Real World (1973)

Parting , Sincerity

“It is very difficult to explain what takes place in me when I see or hear anything majestic which allows no doubt that it proceeds from the actualization of Our Maker Creator. Each time, my tears flow of themselves. I weep, that is to say, it weeps in me, not from grief, no, but as if from tenderness.”

G. I. Gurdjieff

All and Everything: Meetings with Remarkable Men (1963)

Tear , Time

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

G. I. Gurdjieff

In Search of the Miraculous (1949)

Pleasure , Suffering

“Remember your self always and everywhere.”

G. I. Gurdjieff

Aphorisms

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

G. I. Gurdjieff

In Search of the Miraculous (1949)

Understanding , Effort

“There is nothing compulsory. One is not asked to violate cherished beliefs or accept any of the ideas presented. Rather, a healthy skepticism is encouraged.”

G. I. Gurdjieff

Robert Fripp, a student of Gurdjieff's philosophy, in An Introduction to Guitar Craft (1988). This has sometimes been quoted as a remark by Gurdjieff on the Fourth Way.
Misattributed

Idea

“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 from his nature, at the same time conducting himself justly and tolerantly towards the weaknesses of others.”

G. I. Gurdjieff

All and Everything: Meetings with Remarkable Men (1963)

Nature , Time

“Only help him who is not an idler.”

G. I. Gurdjieff

Aphorisms

Help

“The worse the conditions of life the more productive the work, always provided you remember the work.”

G. I. Gurdjieff

Aphorisms