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01Undated

Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion.

Arthur Koestler / quote

02Undated

Wars are not fought for territory but for words. Man's deadliest weapon is language. He is as susceptible to being hypnotized by slogans as he is to infectious diseases. And where there is an epidemic the group-mind takes over.

Arthur Koestler / quote

03Undated

The most persistent sound which reverberates through man's history is the beating of war drums.

Arthur Koestler / quote

04Undated

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 / quote

05Undated

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

Arthur Koestler / quote

06Undated

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 / quote

07Undated

Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears.

Arthur Koestler / quote