"I call religion a natural authority, but it has usually been conceived as a supernatural authority." ― Herbert Read Topic(s): Religion More From Herbert Read "The slave may be happy, but happiness is not enough." "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." "The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair." More In Religion "Our religion, then, rests on the credit due to these witnesses."― Simon Greenleaf "There is an absolutely fundamental hostility on the part of totalitarian regimes toward religion."― Jeane Kirkpatrick "In morals what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness; in religion what begins in fear usually ends in fanaticism. Fear, either as a principle or a motive, is the beginning of all evil."― Anna Jameson