Progress is measured by richness and intensity of experience - by a wider and deeper apprehension of the significance and scope of human existence.

Herbert Read
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  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...

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  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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