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

Herbert Read
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  3. There is more for us to gain through love than hate. - Suzy Kassem

  4. I can safely say, on the authority of all that is revealed in the Word of God, that any man or woman on this earth who is bored and turned off by worship is not ready for heaven. - A.W. Tozer

  5. The mathematicians are the priests of the modern world. - Bill Gaede

More Quotes By Herbert Read
  1. In History, stagnant waters, whether they be stagnant waters of custom or those of despotism, harbour no life; life is dependent on the ripples created by a few eccentric individuals. In homage to that life and vitality, the community has to brave certain perils and...

  2. You cannot impose a culture from the top--it must come from under. It grows out of the soil, out of the people, out of their daily life and work. It is a spontaneous expression of their joy of life, of their joy in work, and...

  3. The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair.

  4. The most general law in nature is equity-the principle of balance and symmetry which guides the growth of forms along the lines of the greatest structural efficiency.

  5. To realize that new world we must prefer the values of freedom and equality above all other values - above personal wealth, technical power and nationalism.

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