5 G. I. Gurdjieff Quotes on Knowledge

G. I. Gurdjieff quotes on knowledge

10. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ARE QUITE DIFFERENT. Only understanding can lead to being, whereas knowledge is but a passing presence in it.

12. Knowledge can be acquired by a suitable and complete study, no matter what the starting point is. Only one must know how to 'learn.' What is nearest to us is man; and you are the nearest of all men to yourself. Begin with the study of yourself; remember the saying 'Know thyself.'

14. I ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself.

24. 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 on being. Not only do they not understand this latter but they definitely do not wish to understand it

28. 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.