"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"
This quote is written / told by G. I. Gurdjieff between January 13, 1872 and October 29, 1949. He/she was a famous Educator from Russia.
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"A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect"