Herbert Read's Quote - I call religion a natural authority, but it has usually been conce

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I call religion a natural authority, but it has usually been conce

I call religion a natural authority, but it has usually been conceived as a supernatural authority. – Herbert Read

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The slave may be happy, but happiness is not enough. – Herbert Read

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The farther a society progresses, the more clearly the individual becomes the antithesis of the group. – Herbert Read

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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

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A maker of idols is never an idolater. – Chinese Proverb

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I am an atheist, and if an atheist and a pope think the same things, there must be something true. There must be some human truth that is beyond religion. – Oriana Fallaci

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It would be intolerant if I advocated the banning of religion, but of course I never have. – Richard Dawkins

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There is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does not teach them to be good and kind to man and beast, it is all a sham. – Anna Sewell

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We are aware of yoga only as a technique to gain physical strength, flexibility, or increased health. And indeed these are potent side effects of the practice. But that is what they are: side effects. To focus on these largely insignificant manifestations is to miss the point entirely. – John McAfee

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