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Explore more quotes by Arthur Koestler
"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."
Politics
"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."
Life
"One may not regard the world as a sort of metaphysical brothel for emotions."
Emotional
"True creativity often starts where language ends."
Creativity
"Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual."
Learning
"The most persistent sound which reverberates through man's history is the beating of war drums."
History
"Scientists are peeping toms at the keyhole of eternity."
Politics
"Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion."
Death
"The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards."
Discovery
"Prometheus is reaching out for the stars with an empty grin on his face."
Stars
Exlpore more Death quotes
"A belief in hell and the knowledge that every ambition is doomed to frustration at the hands of a skeleton have never prevented the majority of human beings from behaving as though death were no more than an unfounded rumor."
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Personal Development
"You are whatever you shall leave behind when you leave life!"
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Personal Development
"If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my own success."
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Personal Development
"It's a harrowing experience to see death approaching in haste towards you, what is hell but confronting your own mortality."
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Personal Development
"It's harder to pick and choose when you're dead. It's like a photograph, you know. It doesn't matter as much."
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Personal Development
"Fair... You'd be amazed how often I hear that word, Frank Zhang,and how meaningless it is. Is it fair your life will burn so short and bright? Was it fair when I guided your mother to the Underworld? No, not fair. And yet it was her time. There is no fairness in Death. If you free me, I will do my duty."
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Personal Development
"The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion."
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Personal Development
"The "kingdom of Heaven" is a condition of the heart - not something that comes "upon the earth" or "after death.""
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Personal Development
"Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death."
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Personal Development
"Better to rest in peace than rot in pieces."
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Personal Development
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