Education directs all our attention towards knowledge and attaches no importance to understanding. Exposing children to this kind of influence means that they reach adult life having lost themselves, being entirely dependent upon external things—possessions, the opinions of other people, appearances, and so on.

About John G. Bennett

John Godolphin Bennett (8 June 1897 – 13 December 1974) was a British academic and writer. He is best known for his books on psychology and spirituality, particularly on the teachings of G. I. Gurdjieff. Bennett met Gurdjieff in Constantinople in October 1920 and later helped to co-ordinate the work...

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I liked things better when I didn't understand them.

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—Benjamin Disraeli

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—Will Rogers

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The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.

—Walter Bagehot

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Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.

—Don Marquis

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Education directs all our attention towards knowledge and attaches no importance to understanding. Exposing children to this kind of influence means that they reach adult life having lost themselves, being entirely dependent upon external things — possessions, the opinions of other people, appearances, and so on.