Augustine Hawkins > Augustine's Quotes

“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.”
― Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

“Matter is spirit moving slowly enough to be seen.”
― Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

“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.”
― G.I. Gurdjieff

“The only type of sexual relations possible are those with someone who is as advanced and capable as oneself.”
― G.I. Gurdjieff

“Only super-efforts count.”
― G.I. Gurdjieff

“If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest.”
― G.I. Gurdjieff

“Man must use what he has, not hope for what is not.”
― G.I. Gurdjieff

“There is a cosmic law which says that every satisfaction must be paid for with a dissatisfaction.”
― G.I. Gurdjieff

“Awakening is possible only for those who seek it and want it, for those who are ready to struggle with themselves and work on themselves for a very long time and very persistently in order to attain it.”
― G.I. Gurdjieff

“Either give me more wine or leave me alone.”
― Rumi