"From the psychological point of view, the self-asserting……" — Arthur Koestler
"From the psychological point of view, the self-asserting emotions, derived from emergency reactions, involve a narrowing of consciousness; the participatory emotions an expansion of consciousness by identificatory processes of various kinds."
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110 Quotes by Arthur Koestler
Arthur Koestler has 110 quotes on this site.
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...the crimes of violence committed for selfish, personal motives are historically insignificant compared to those committed ad majorem gloriam Dei,…
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There is only one prospect worse than being chained to an intolerable existence: The nightmare of a botched attempt to…
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Space-ships and time machines are no escape from the human condition. Let Othello subject Desdemona to a lie-detector test; his…
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If the creator has a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely would have meant for us to…
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The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know.
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In creating the human brain, evolution has wildly overshot the mark.
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As modern physics started with the Newtonian revolution, so modern philosophy starts with what one might call the Cartesian Catastrophe.…
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The real achievement in discoveries ... is seeing an analogy where no one saw one before. .. The essence of…
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The evolution of the brain not only overshot the needs of prehistoric man, it is the only example of evolution…
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In the meantime, the educated public continues to believe that Darwin has provided all the relevant answers by the magic…
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When a chess player looks at the board, he does not see a static mosaic, a 'still life', but a…
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No writer or teacher or artist can escape the responsibility of influencing others whether he intends to or not, whether…
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More Asserting Quotes
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one of 57 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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The unconscious mind has a habit of asserting itself in the afternoon.
— Anthony Burgess
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Globalisation means many other countries are asserting themselves and trying to take over leadership. Please don't ask Americans to let…
— Buzz Aldrin
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When committees gather, each member is necessarily an actor, uncontrollably acting out the part of himself, reading the lines that…
— Lewis Thomas
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Among all the occurrences possible in the universe the a priori probability of any particular one of them verges upon…
— Jacques Monod
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We should distinguish at this point between "government" and "state" ... A government is the consensual organization by which we…
— David Boaz
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With respect to those points, on which the declaration of Scripture is positive and decisive, as, for instance, in asserting…
— William Buckland
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I am local, rural, communal. And I find that the whole world is a community. We have made progress in…
— Unknown Author
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We shall never be understood or respected by the English until we carry our individuality to extremes, and by asserting…
— Henry Lawson
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As far as I am concerned, taking photographs is a means of understanding which cannot be separated from other means…
— Henri Cartier-Bresson
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In such a performance you may lay the foundation of national happiness only in religion, not by leaving it doubtful…
— Benjamin Rush
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The Westerly Wind asserting his sway from the south-west quarter is often like a monarch gone mad, driving forth with…
— Joseph Conrad
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Obstinacy is will asserting itself without being able to justify itself. It is persistence without a reasonable motive. It is…
— Henri Frederic Amiel
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