Quotes by Georges I. Gurdjieff on Suffering and Renunciation

„It is very difficult also to sacrifice one's suffering. A man will renounce any pleasures you like but he will not give up his suffering.“

Georges I. GurdjieffQuote by Georges I. Gurdjieff on the difficulty of giving up one's suffering despite renouncing pleasures.
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Georges I. Gurdjieff was a Greek-Armenian esotericist, writer, choreographer, and composer.

The quote addresses the human tendency to hold on to suffering as an integral part of life, despite renouncing pleasures.


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Georges I. Gurdjieff quote about suffering and renunciation

Georges I. Gurdjieff worked first in Russia and later in France. He became known as a teacher of the so-called Fourth Way and as the founder of a worldwide following. He also published writings and developed choreographic and musical works.

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"The most spiritual men, as the strongest, find their happiness where others would find their destruction: in the labyrinth, in hardness against themselves and others, in experiments. Their joy is self-conquest: asceticism becomes in them nature, need, and instinct. Difficult tasks are a privilege to them; to play with burdens that crush others, a recreation. Knowledge-a form of asceticism. They are the most venerable kind of man: that does not preclude their being the most cheerful and the kindliest." Friedrich Nietzsche
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