I call religion a natural authority, but it has usually been conceived as a supernatural authority. – Herbert Read
The farther a society progresses, the more clearly the individual becomes the antithesis of the group. – 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
What I do deny is that you can build any enduring society without some such mystical ethos. – Herbert Read