The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair. – 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 call religion a natural authority, but it has usually been conceived as a supernatural authority. – 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, its poets and its artists. – Herbert Read