Arthur Koestler

Politics can be relatively fair in the breathing spaces of history; at its critical turning points there is no other rule possible than the old one, that the end justifies the means. ↗

— Arthur Koestler

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Prometheus is reaching out for the stars with an empty grin on his face. ↗

— Arthur Koestler

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Scientists are peeping toms at the keyhole of eternity. ↗

— Arthur Koestler

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The definition of the individual was: a multitude of one million divided by one million. ↗

— Arthur Koestler

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The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know. ↗

— Arthur Koestler

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The progress of science is strewn, like an ancient desert trail, with the bleached skeleton of discarded theories which once seemed to possess eternal life. ↗

— Arthur Koestler

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One may not regard the world as a sort of metaphysical brothel for emotions. ↗

— Arthur Koestler

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The principle mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers. ↗

— Arthur Koestler

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Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual. ↗

— Arthur Koestler

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