Five and dime heiresses

Christ, was the son of a carpenter.
Mr. Gurdjieff's family came from humble
circumstances. Wealth is not a measure
of consciousness. Mr. Gurdjieff wrote at one
point that although he was short of money
for his work, his knowledge and being in real
terms, was worth more than all the five and
dime heiresses of New York's Park Avenue
put together.