Sir Herbert Read

Famous quotes containing the words sir, herbert and/or read:

    “It is not God that is worshipped but the group or authority that claims to speak in His name. Sin becomes disobedience to authority not violation of integrity.”
    —Sarvepalli, Sir Radhakrishnan (1888–1975)

    “Inconstancy no sin will prove
    If we consider that we love
    But the same beauty in another face,
    Like the same body in another place.”
    —Edward Herbert (1583–1648)

    “I do not know but it is too much to read one newspaper a week. I have tried it recently, and for so long it seems to me that I have not dwelt in my native region. The sun, the clouds, the snow, the trees say not so much to me. You cannot serve two masters.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)