"History had a slow pulse; man counted in……" — Arthur Koestler
"History had a slow pulse; man counted in years, history in generations"
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110 Quotes by Arthur Koestler
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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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Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for…
— Aristotle
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Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is counted, and that in…
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Americans need accurate information in order to consider Social Security reform. Too bad the media can't be counted upon to…
— Herman Cain
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When you feel powerful, you are willing to stand up for your rights, you are willing to stand up for…
— Margaret Cho
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The liberals in the House strongly resemble liberals I have known through the last two decades in the civil rights…
— Shirley Chisholm
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To be governed is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-ridden, regulated, penned up, indoctrinated, preached at, checked, appraised,…
— Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
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One, with God, is always a majority, but many a martyr has been burned at the stake while the votes…
— Thomas Reed
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If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this:…
— Thomas Watson, Jr.
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The study of mathematics is apt to commence in disappointment. . . . We are told that by its aid…
— Alfred North Whitehead
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How I hated schools, and what a life of anxiety I lived there. I counted the hours to the end…
— Winston Churchill
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The exercise of voluntary attention in the schoolroom must therefore be counted one of the most important points of training…
— William James
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Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a…
— Nelson Mandela
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