Progress is measured by the degree of differentiation within a society. – Herbert Read
I can imagine no society which does not embody some method of arbitration. – Herbert Read

Progress is measured by the degree of differentiation within a society. – Herbert Read
I can imagine no society which does not embody some method of arbitration. – Herbert Read
My own early experiences in war led me to suspect the value of discipline, even in that sphere where it is so often regarded as the first essential for success. – Herbert Read
Things happen too quickly, crisis follows crisis, the soil of our minds is perpetually disturbed. Each of us, to relieve his feelings, broadcasts his own running commentary on the preposterous and bewildering events of the hour: and this, nowadays, is what passes for conversation. – Jan Struther, Mrs. Miniver, 1930s