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...working to understand ourselves and our place in the universe, in
accordance with the system of ideas taught by G. I. Gurdjieff
Christians, but only those who pursue one aim—to be
able to be."
—One of 38 aphorisms inscribed in a special script above the walls of the Study House at the Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man at the Chateau du Prieuré at Fontainebleau near Avon, just outside Paris, and published in Views from the Real World: Early Talks in Moscow, Essentuki, Tiflis, Berlin, London, Paris, New York and Chicago. As recollected by his pupils. New York: Dutton, 1975.