“ In History, stagnant waters, whether they be stagnant waters of custom or those of despotism, harbour no life; life is dependent on the ripples created by a few eccentric individuals. In homage to tha… Herbert Read
“ I call religion a natural authority, but it has usually been conceived as a supernatural authority. Herbert Read
“ The most general law in nature is equity-the principle of balance and symmetry which guides the growth of forms along the lines of the greatest structural efficiency. Herbert Read
“ The worth of a civilization or a culture is not valued in the terms of its material wealth or military power, but by the quality and achievements of its representative individuals - its philosophers,… Herbert Read
“ The assumption is that the right kind of society is an organic being not merely analogous to an organic being, but actually a living structure with appetites and digestions, instincts and passions, in… Herbert Read
“ The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair. Herbert Read
“ What I do deny is that you can build any enduring society without some such mystical ethos. Herbert Read
“ The farther a society progresses, the more clearly the individual becomes the antithesis of the group. Herbert Read
“ These groups within a society can he distinguished according as to whether, like an army or an orchestra, they function as a single body or whether they are united merely to defend their common intere… Herbert Read
“ Progress is measured by richness and intensity of experience - by a wider and deeper apprehension of the significance and scope of human existence. Herbert Read
“ We may be sure that out of the ruins of our capitalist civilization a new religion will emerge, just as Christianity emerged from the ruins of the Roman civilization. Herbert Read
“ It does not seem that the contradiction which exists between the aristocratic function of art and the democratic structure of modern society can ever be resolved. Herbert Read
“ The point I am making is that in the more primitive forms of society the individual is merely a unit in more developed forms of society he is an independent personality. Herbert Read
“ To realize that new world we must prefer the values of freedom and equality above all other values - above personal wealth, technical power and nationalism. Herbert Read
“ It is already clear, after twenty years of socialism in Russia, that if you do not provide your society with a new religion, it will gradually revert to the old one. Herbert Read
“ I am not going to claim that modern anarchism has any direct relation to Roman jurisprudence but I do claim that it has its basis in the laws of nature rather than in the state of nature. Herbert Read
