Blessed is he who has a soul, blessed is he who has none, but woe and grief to him who has it in embryo.
G. I. GurdjieffEvery grown-up man consists wholly of habits, although he is often unaware of it and even denies having any habits at all.
G. I. GurdjieffAwakening begins when a man realizes that he is going nowhere and does not know where to go.
G. I. GurdjieffAncient art has a specific inner content. At one time, art possessed the same purpose that books do in our day, namely: to preserve and transmit knowledge. In olden days, people did not write books, they incorporated their knowledge into works of art. We would find a great many ideas in the works of ancient art passed down to us, if only we knew how to read them.
G. I. Gurdjieff