One of man's important mistakes, one which must be remembered, is his illusion in regard to his I.
Man such as we know him, the "man-machine," the man who cannot "do," and with whom and through whom everything "happens," cannot have a permanent and single I. His I changes as quickly as his thoughts, feelings and moods, and he makes a profound mistake in considering himself always one and the same person; in reality he is always a different person, not the one he was a moment ago.


In Search of the Miraculous (1949)

G. I. Gurdjieff Quotes

One of man's important mistakes, one which must be remembered, is his illusion in regard to his I. Man such as we know him, the man-machine, the man...

One of man's important mistakes, one which must be remembered, is his illusion in regard to his I. Man such as we know him, the man-machine, the man...

One of man's important mistakes, one which must be remembered, is his illusion in regard to his I. Man such as we know him, the man-machine, the man...

One of man's important mistakes, one which must be remembered, is his illusion in regard to his I. Man such as we know him, the man-machine, the man...