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Arthur Koestler Quotes

To sell oneself for thirty pieces of silver is an honest transaction; but to sell oneself to one s own conscience is to abandon mankind Picture Quote #1

I am not sure whether ethical absolutes exist. But I am sure that we have to act as if they existed or civilization perishes Picture Quote #1

The real achievement in discoveries... is seeing an analogy where no one saw one before... The essence of discovery is that unlikely marriage of... previously unrelated forms of reference or universes of discourse, whose union will solve the previously insoluble problem Picture Quote #1

In my youth I regarded the universe as an open book, printed in the language of equations, whereas now it appears to me as a text written in invisible ink, of which in our rare moments of grace we are able to decipher a small segment Picture Quote #1

Innovation is a twofold threat to academic mediocrities: it endangers their oracular authority, and it evokes the deeper fear that their whole, laboriously constructed intellectual edifice might collapse Picture Quote #1

Man has an irrepressible tendency to read meaning into the buzzing confusion of sights and sounds impinging on his senses; and where no agreed meaning can be found, he will provide it out of his own imagination Picture Quote #1

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The individual is not a killer, but the group is, and by identifying with it the individual is transformed into a killer Picture Quote #1

The more backwoodish a social group, juvenile or adult, the stricter its conception of the normal, and the readier it will ridicule any departure from it Picture Quote #1

Among all forms of mentation, verbal thinking is the most articulate, the most complex, and the most vulnerable to infectious diseases. It is liable to absorb whispered suggestions, and to incorporate them as hidden persuaders into the code Picture Quote #1

Chemically induced hallucinations, delusions and raptures may be frightening or wonderfully gratifying; in either case they are in the nature of confidence tricks played on one’s own nervous system Picture Quote #1

The purposiveness of all vital processes, the strategy of the genes and the power of the exploratory drive in animal and man, all seem to indicate that the pull of the future is as real as the pressure of the past Picture Quote #1

The ultimate truth is penultimately always a falsehood. He who will be proved right in the end appears to be wrong and harmful before it Picture Quote #1

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The creative act does not create something out of nothing; it uncovers, selects, reshuffles, combines, synthesizes already existing facts, ideas, faculties, and skills Picture Quote #1

What is an editor but a cross between a fall guy and a father figure? arthur koestler Picture Quote #1

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To sell oneself for thirty pieces of silver is an honest transaction; but to sell oneself to one s own conscience is to abandon mankind (Arthur Koestler Quotes) I am not sure whether ethical absolutes exist. But I am sure that we have to act as if they existed or civilization perishes (Arthur Koestler Quotes) The real achievement in discoveries... is seeing an analogy where no one saw one before... The essence of discovery is that unlikely marriage of... previously unrelated forms of reference or universes of discourse, whose union will solve the previously insoluble problem (Arthur Koestler Quotes) In my youth I regarded the universe as an open book, printed in the language of equations, whereas now it appears to me as a text written in invisible ink, of which in our rare moments of grace we are able to decipher a small segment (Arthur Koestler Quotes) Innovation is a twofold threat to academic mediocrities: it endangers their oracular authority, and it evokes the deeper fear that their whole, laboriously constructed intellectual edifice might collapse (Arthur Koestler Quotes) Man has an irrepressible tendency to read meaning into the buzzing confusion of sights and sounds impinging on his senses; and where no agreed meaning can be found, he will provide it out of his own imagination (Arthur Koestler Quotes) The individual is not a killer, but the group is, and by identifying with it the individual is transformed into a killer (Arthur Koestler Quotes) The more backwoodish a social group, juvenile or adult, the stricter its conception of the normal, and the readier it will ridicule any departure from it (Arthur Koestler Quotes) Among all forms of mentation, verbal thinking is the most articulate, the most complex, and the most vulnerable to infectious diseases. It is liable to absorb whispered suggestions, and to incorporate them as hidden persuaders into the code (Arthur Koestler Quotes) Chemically induced hallucinations, delusions and raptures may be frightening or wonderfully gratifying; in either case they are in the nature of confidence tricks played on one’s own nervous system (Arthur Koestler Quotes) The purposiveness of all vital processes, the strategy of the genes and the power of the exploratory drive in animal and man, all seem to indicate that the pull of the future is as real as the pressure of the past (Arthur Koestler Quotes) The ultimate truth is penultimately always a falsehood. He who will be proved right in the end appears to be wrong and harmful before it (Arthur Koestler Quotes) The creative act does not create something out of nothing; it uncovers, selects, reshuffles, combines, synthesizes already existing facts, ideas, faculties, and skills (Arthur Koestler Quotes) What is an editor but a cross between a fall guy and a father figure? arthur koestler (Arthur Koestler Quotes)

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