Beelzebubs-Tales-to-His-Grandson-by-G-I-Gurdjieff

a society, and it seems that they were intending to call it the 'League ofNations.'"I say 'again' because many times before they had formed similar societieswhich in the end always died in the same strange way—that is, they alwaysdied without any 'death agony.'"I remember very well the first time such a society arose there. It was inthe city of 'Samoniks' in the country of Tikliamish, which was then regardedas the chief 'center of culture' for all the three-brained beings of this peculiarplanet of yours."Then for the first time important beings from most of the communities ofthe continent of Asia assembled in that city with the aim of drawing up acommon agreement, so that among the different Asiatic communities therewould never again arise any cause whatever for the process of reciprocaldestruction."This society had as its motto: 'God is where man's blood is not shed.'"But owing to their various personal egoistic and vainglorious aims, theseimportant terrestrial power-possessors who had assembled soon quarreledamong themselves and went their ways without accomplishing anything."Several centuries after the existence of Tikliamish a similar society aroseon the continent of Asia, this time in the country then called'Mongolplanzura.'"And this society had the motto: 'Love one another and God will love you"This society, having given no positive result for the same reasons, alsoended its existence in the same way."Later a similar society was formed in the country today called 'Egypt,' andit began its existence with the motto: 'Only if you learn to create a flea canyou dare to kill a man.'"Still later, another society was founded in the country of 'Persia,' and thefollowing sentence was taken as its motto: