I feel like this would make a great meme template.

"The object of man's existence is to be a real Man, including all that this term implies; i.e., to re-establish the harmony which originally existed between him and the divine state before the separation took place which disturbed the equilibrium, and which caused the first emanation of the divine essence to be absorbed by the third material emanation and to sink into matter.

"To re-establish this harmony, Man may bring the will of God to perfect expression in his nature, by learning to know within himself the will of God and being obedient to it, and thereby his own nature and finally even the whole of the Macrocosm, will become spiritualised and be rendered paradisaical."

~ Life of Paracelsus (1493-1541) by Franz Hartmann

Illustration: Amphitheatrum Sapientiæ Æternæ, Solius Veræ, c. 1595; by Heinrich Khunrath (1560-1605)

A Gurdjieff selection:

“Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness.”

“LIBERATION LEADS TO LIBERATION. These are the first words of
truth.”

“You are in prison. If you wish to get out of prison, the first thing you must do is realize that you are in prison. If you think you are free, you can’t escape.”

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

“I ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself.”

“The greatest untold story is the evolution of God.”

“Remember you come here having already understood the necessity of struggling with yourself—only with yourself.”

“Better to die than live in sleep.”

“Only super-efforts count.”

"Life Is Real Only Then When ‘I Am’.”

“Live a life of friction. Let yourself be disturbed as much as possible, but observe.”

“Transient emotions are lower emotions. Lasting emotions are higher emotions.”

”If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest.”

“A man will renounce any pleasures you like but he will not give up his suffering.”

“It is the greatest mistake to think that man is always one and the same. A man is never the same for long. He is continually changing."

“Patience is the mother of will.”

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

“Love of consciousness evokes the same in response. Love of feeling evokes the opposite. Love of body depends only on type and polarity.”

“Hope of consciousness is strength, Hope of feelings is slavery, Hope of body is disease.”

“Objective knowledge, the idea of unity included, belongs to objective consciousness.”

“RELIGION IS DOING. Respect every religion.”

“Faith of consciousness is freedom. Love of consciousness evokes the same in response. Love of feeling evokes the opposite.”

“Don’t judge a man by the tales of others.”

“By teaching others you will learn yourself.”

“Rest comes not from the quantity but from the quality of sleep.”

“Remember yourself always and everywhere.”

“The highest that a man can attain is to be able to do.”

“Only he who can take care of the property of others can have his own.”

“If you already know what is wrong and do it, you commit a sin that is difficult to redress.”

“Two things in life are infinite; the stupidity of man and the mercy of God.”

“It is impossible to recognize a wrong way without knowing the right way.”

“One of man’s important mistakes, one which must be remembered, is his illusion in regard to his I.”

“Judge others according to yourself and you will seldom be mistaken.”

“Take the understanding of the East and the knowledge of the West - and then seek.”

“The one great art is that of making a complete human being of oneself."

"Modern civilization is based on violence and slavery.”

“What is possible for individual man is impossible for the masses.”