G. I. Gurdjieff Quotes

Self-observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change. And in observing himself a man notices that self-observation itself brings about certain changes in his inner processes. He begins to understand that self-observation is an instrument of self-change, a means of awakening.

G. I. Gurdjieff

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• It's not the situation, but whether we react negative or respond positive to the situation that is important.

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • Important
  • Positive
  • Negative

• I feel quite connected to the past, and my memory. Everything that I've ever done I can still relate to, and feel connected to it in a way. There's no part of my life that I look at and go, 'I don't recognize that person at all.'

  

  Ian MacKaye
  • Life
  • Done
  • Past

• Gun owners and non-gun owners alike agree on expanding background checks, making gun trafficking a serious crime with stiff penalties, making it illegal for all stalkers and all domestic abusers to buy guns, and expanding mental health resources so the mentally ill find it easier to receive treatment than to buy firearms.

  

  Gabrielle Giffords
  • Health
  • Serious
  • Gun

• I work extremely hard to stay positive and happy. But I get sad and anxious, too, just like everyone.

  

  Rachel Platten
  • Work
  • Happy
  • Positive

• Also, I have found that I really like to work in English. It's very strange because it's exactly the opposite of what I thought it would be like.

  

  Olivier Martinez
  • Work
  • English
  • Thought

• Big cities do evoke a sense of menace.

  

  Otto Penzler
  • Sense
  • Cities
  • Big

• I find women as writers and as characters are operating within narrow confines. They inherit a kind of ghetto of the soul. I'm trying to enlarge the spectrum.

  

  Kate Braverman
  • Women
  • Trying
  • Soul

• I'm not against gay people.

  

  Manny Pacquiao
  • People
  • Gay
  • Against

• My inspiration is always love and history, and my passion to a fault is craftsmanship and responsibility. Those are the simplest things. It goes beyond jewelry. It's every part of my life.

  

  Waris Ahluwalia
  • Life
  • Love
  • History

• I was made fun of at a young age. I would fight a lot in the streets, and it has a lot to do with the way I am today. It helped my development as a fighter, but what can I say?

  

  Canelo Alvarez
  • Fun
  • Age
  • Today

• I'd like people to be educated on the voting machines, making sure that our democracy isn't being hijacked by computer technology. There's no reason there can't be a paper trail on those machines.

  

  Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam
  • People
  • Technology
  • Democracy

• The tutor gave us our work, and if we had trouble, she'd help us on it, but we were really only working on the stuff that our school gave us - well, I was, because I go to a public school.

  

  Quinn Shephard
  • Work
  • School
  • She

• Play it like something you hear down by the river.

  

  Edward Elgar
  • River

• We will bring a comprehensive plan to the government to assist you in every way. There is no room for racism and discrimination in our society, none... We will turn racism into something contemptible and despicable.

  

  Benjamin Netanyahu
  • Society
  • Racism

• The stars of death stood over us. And Russia, guiltless, beloved, writhed under the crunch of bloodstained boots, under the wheels of Black Marias.

  

  Anna Akhmatova
  • Death
  • Black

• I think we speak to a certain mindset, and it's about, you know, inspiring people who are progressive thinkers who want to see change.

  

  Elaine Welteroth
  • People
  • Mindset

• The big difference between us and other people who produce content is that we started doing this to make things that we wanted to make.

  

  Burnie Burns
  • People

• Meth is too easy to make, and unfortunately right now all the ingredients need to make this highly addictive drug are legal and readily available to those who want to cook it up and sell it to our children.

  

  Michael McCaul
  • Children
  • Available
  • Ingredients

• The Constitution cannot protect us unless we protect the Constitution.

  

  Thomas Sowell
  • Constitution
  • Protect

• If you were to ask me to pick my favourite author, well, there are so many of them, I'd really just have to say the first names that came to mind, and I'm sure that I'll later think 'Oh, I should have mentioned that one.'

  

  Vikram Seth
  • Mind
  • Think
  • Me

• Boxing was just another one to keep me going as a child.

  

  Katie Taylor
  • Boxing

• And Prince Bismarck was even more specific. One third, he said, of the students of German universities broke down from overwork, another third broked down from dissipation, and the other third ruled Germany.

  

  John F. Kennedy
  • Prince
  • German

• Self-observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change. And in observing himself a man notices that self-observation itself brings about certain changes in his inner processes. He begins to understand that self-observation is an instrument of self-change, a means of awakening.

  

  G. I. Gurdjieff