“Remember you come here having already understood the necessity of struggling with yourself — only with yourself. Therefore thank everyone who gives you the opportunity.”
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G. I. Gurdjieff62
influential spiritual teacher, Armenian philosopher, compos… 1866–1949Related quotes
Gottfried de Purucker (1874–1942) Author, Theosophist
Give up the small life, the petty life, the mean life, the restricted life, the little personal life which shuts you in - give it up and follow the light of the Star within you.
The Masters and the Path of Occultism (1939)
Malcolm X (1925–1965) American human rights activist
The Ballot or the Bullet (1964), Speech in Cleveland, Ohio (April 3, 1964)
Sherry Argov (1977) American writer
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Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
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Source: Everybody’s Autobiography (1937), Ch. 2