George Gurdjieff

George Gurdjieff

Mystic and spiritual teacher.

A spiritual teacher and mystic whose teachings focus on the development of self-awareness, personal transformation, and the attainment of higher consciousness. He emphasized the importance of breaking free from automatic behaviors and unconscious patterns to achieve true freedom and self-mastery. His teachings, often unconventional and challenging, have influenced spiritual seekers and intellectuals seeking a deeper understanding of the self and reality.

George Gurdjieff Quotes about Understanding

  • 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.
  • Knowledge by itself does not give understanding. Nor is understanding increased by an increase of knowledge alone. Understanding depends upon the relation of knowledge to being...It appears only when a man feels and senses what is connected with it.
  • Take the understanding of the East and the knowledge of the West-and then seek.