George Gurdjieff

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. ”

A man will renounce any pleasures you like but he will not give up his suffering. ”

Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave. ”

If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest. ”

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. ”

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. ”

Without struggle, no progress and no result. Every breaking of habit produces a change in the machine. ”