"We cannot unthink unless we are insane." — Arthur Koestler

We cannot unthink unless we are insane. - Arthur Koestler

"We cannot unthink unless we are insane."

— Arthur Koestler

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110 Quotes by Arthur Koestler

Arthur Koestler has 110 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

...the crimes of violence committed for selfish, personal motives are historically insignificant compared to those committed ad majorem gloriam Dei,…
There is only one prospect worse than being chained to an intolerable existence: The nightmare of a botched attempt to…
Space-ships and time machines are no escape from the human condition. Let Othello subject Desdemona to a lie-detector test; his…
If the creator has a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely would have meant for us to…
The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know.
In creating the human brain, evolution has wildly overshot the mark.
As modern physics started with the Newtonian revolution, so modern philosophy starts with what one might call the Cartesian Catastrophe.…
The real achievement in discoveries ... is seeing an analogy where no one saw one before. .. The essence of…
The evolution of the brain not only overshot the needs of prehistoric man, it is the only example of evolution…
In the meantime, the educated public continues to believe that Darwin has provided all the relevant answers by the magic…
When a chess player looks at the board, he does not see a static mosaic, a 'still life', but a…
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 Insane Quotes

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North Korea is not an insane nation. It is not a crazy nation. — Richard Armitage
I myself spent nine years in an insane asylum and I never had the obsession of suicide, but I know… — Antonin Artaud
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in… — Marcus Aurelius
It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses… — Emilie Autumn
When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action. Action… — James A. Baldwin
It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to… — Honore de Balzac
No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions. — Henry Ward Beecher
There are four kinds of Homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy. — Ambrose Bierce
Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding. — Ambrose Bierce
An egotist is a person of low taste - more interested in himself than in me. — Ambrose Bierce
Insane sects grow with the same rhythm as big organizations. It is the rhythm of total destruction. — Theodor Adorno
I've got stuff about airline mergers, which just shows that my stand-up is getting more insane by the minute. — Lewis Black

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