\”\’Know thyself.\’ These words, ascribed to Socrates, actually lie at the basis of many systems and schools far more ancient than the Socratic.\” – George I. Gurdjieff
\”Schools have the privilege of making the effort in the right place. They create space for the deity within, one\’s own presence.\” – Robert Burton
\”When I met this system I very soon became convinced that it was connected with schools. In this way, the system had passed through recorded and unrecorded history. During this time methods were invented and perfected.\” – P. D. Ouspensky
\”All human history is the history of schools and school influence. And we have to collect all that, make it feed the present.\” – Rodney Collin
\”In the religious ways, schools already exist. But here, if we want a school, we have to build it.\” – P. D. Ouspensky
\”The aim of the Work is to establish a school. For this reason, it is necessary to work according to school rules and principles.\” – P. D. Ouspensky
\”The system can reach the right people, that is, people who can not only take, but give, only if it reaches a large number of people.\” – P. D. Ouspensky
\”A school, in the full sense of the word, must consist of two degrees. That is, it must have two levels in it. One where men number 1, 2, and 3 learn to become men number 4. and the other level where men number 4 learn to become men number 5.\” – P. D. Ouspensky
\”Schools are for those who need them and know that they need them.\” – P. D. Ouspensky
\”The final step in awakening is to find higher influences and stay connected with them. Schools are not for relative awakening.\” – Robert Burton
\”In the pursuit of consciousness, man must do everything by himself. That is, he must penetrate to another level solely by his own efforts. Second, that he can do nothing by himself. That is, his whole endeavor must be to contact higher sources and levels of energy.\” – Rodney Collin