4 Quotes & Sayings By George Gurdjieff

Dr. George Gurdjieff was a Russian mystic and teacher, regarded as the founder of the Fourth Way philosophy. He was born in 1866 and died in 1949. He has been called "the most original and influential spiritual teacher since Jesus Christ." His ideas have inspired such noteworthy people as William S Read more

Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, and Alan Watts.

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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
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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
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In properly organized groups no faith is required; what is required is simply a little trust and even that only for a little while, for the sooner a man begins to verify all he hears the better it is for him. George Gurdjieff