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
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A man of personality can formulate ideals, but only a man of character can achieve them.
Herbert Read
But the further step, by means of which a civilization is given its quality or culture, is only attained by a process of cellular division, in the course of which the individual is differentiated, made distinct from and independent of the parent group.
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
Progress is measured by the degree of differentiation within a society.
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
The farther a society progresses, the more clearly the individual becomes the antithesis of the group.
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The assumption is that the right kind of society is an organic being not merely analogous to an organic being, but actually a living structure with appetites and digestions, instincts and passions, intelligence and reason.
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Discipline,
Early,
Essential,
Even,
First,
Led,
Often,
Own,
Regarded,
Sphere,
Success,
Suspect,
Value,
War,
Where
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