\\”\\’Know thyself.\\’ These words, ascribed to Socrates, actually lie at the basis of many systems and schools far more ancient than the Socratic.\\”\u00a0– George I. Gurdjieff<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\\”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<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\\”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<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\\”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<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\\”In the religious ways, schools already exist. But here, if we want a school, we have to build it.\\”\u00a0– P. D. Ouspensky<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\\”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<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\\”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<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\\”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<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\\”Schools are for those who need them and know that they need them.\\” – P. D. Ouspensky<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\\”The final step in awakening is to find higher influences and stay connected with them. Schools are not for relative awakening.\\” – Robert Burton<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\\”In the pursuit of consciousness, man must do everything by himself<\/em>. That is, he must penetrate to another level solely by his own efforts. 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