G.I. Gurdjieff

“Self-remembering is the practice of not becoming.”

“You feel the worry but you remain yourself.”

“This is the beginning of inner freedom.”

“Without struggle there can be no progress.”

“Without effort, no growth.”

“Without conscious labor and intentional suffering, no transformation.”

“These are the two coins of the Work.”

“Without them, no real change is possible.”

“Conscious labor is work done with full attention.”

“Intentional suffering is the suffering you accept on purpose, for the sake of growth.”

“Both are voluntary. Both are difficult. Both are essential.”

“Man has many 'I's.”

“Each I thinks it is the whole man, but it is only one part.”

“And the I that wakes up tomorrow may not be the I that decided to do something today.”

“This is why we cannot fulfill our promises to ourselves.”

“To create a real I, the many I's must come into harmony.”

“This is the work of a lifetime.”

“Man has three centers: intellectual, emotional, and physical.”

“To awaken is the first task.”