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Like what 'it' does not like.

— G. I. Gurdjieff

More from G. I. Gurdjieff

  1. Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he…
  2. The worse the conditions of life the more productive the work, always provided you remember the work.
  3. You must understand that ordinary efforts do not count; only superefforts count.
  4. Remember your self always and everywhere.
  5. Man has the possibility of existence after death. But possibility is one thing and the realization of the possibility is quite a different …
  6. Remember you come here having already understood the necessity of struggling with yourself - only with yourself. Therefore thank everyone w…
  7. 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 s…
  8. Here we can only direct and create conditions, but not help.

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Topics in this quote

  • self
  • action
  • choice
  • defiance
  • resistance
  • will

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