#wit

Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave. ↗

— G. I. Gurdjieff

#cannot #free #functions #govern #himself

Every ceremony or rite has a value if it is performed without alteration. A ceremony is a book in which a great deal is written. Anyone who understands can read it. One rite often contains more than a hundred books. ↗

— G. I. Gurdjieff

#anyone #book #books #ceremony #contains

Without struggle, no progress and no result. Every breaking of habit produces a change in the machine. ↗

— George Gurdjieff

#change #every #habit #machine #produces

Great comforts do, indeed, bear witness to the truth of thy grace, but not to the degree of it; the weak child is oftener in the lap than the strong one. ↗

— William Gurnall

#child #comforts #degree #grace #great

Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations. Without internal peace, that is, peace among citizens and between the citizens and the state, there can be no guarantee of external peace. ↗

— Vaclav Havel

#autonomous #between #citizens #external #free

I think the U.K. is too small to write about from within it and still make it seem foreign and exotic and interesting. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#exotic #foreign #i #i think #interesting

So without that Canadian invention we were grounded. And so that was a really important and key part of the mission and Canadians should take real pride in it. ↗

— Chris Hadfield

#canadians #grounded #important #invention #key

Our foreign policy needs to support our energy, economic, defense and domestic policies. It all falls within the arch of national interest. There will be windows of opportunity, but they will open and close quickly. ↗

— Chuck Hagel

#close #defense #domestic #economic #energy

The appalling crackdown that we witnessed in Hama and other Syrian cities on 30 and 31 July only erode the regime's legitimacy and increase resentment. In the absence of an end to the senseless violence and a genuine process of political reform, we will continue to pursue further EU sanctions. ↗

— William Hague

#appalling #cities #continue #end #erode

Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest - then we can all die laughing. ↗

— Lily Tomlin

#fittest #instead #laughing #should #survival