Herbert Read's Quote - The worth of a civilization or a culture is not valued in the term

Quote by Herbert Read

The worth of a civilization or a culture is not valued in the term

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

Other quotes by 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 interests and otherwise function as separate individuals. – Herbert Read

Category:

Author

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

Category:

Author

I can imagine no society which does not embody some method of arbitration. – Herbert Read

Category:

Author

Other Quotes from

power

category

The corporate woman has been defined as the liberated woman and I see that as the exact opposite. I think she now is more enslaved, maybe even more than the housewife was because shes so out of her power, and imitating male power is not female power. – Kenny Loggins

Category:

Blackheart Records being 25 years old represents staying power and the fact that we werent able to get a record out through conventional means, so we had to create this record company to put out our records if we wanted to be a band that had records to give out to their fans. – Joan Jett

Category:

But the cause for which we fought was higher our thought wider… That thought was our power. – Joshua Chamberlain

Category:

All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit. – Thomas Paine

Category:

Random Quotes

Security… its simply the recognition that changes will take place and the knowledge that youre willing to deal with whatever happens. – Harry Browne

Category:

I dont see that many movies lately that are actually about something, that are trying to challenge something about the way that people interact. – Maggie Gyllenhaal

Category:

We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly – spending quiet time alone gives your mind an opportunity to renew itself and create order. – Susan Taylor

Category:

Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age. – Adlai E. Stevenson

Category: