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"12 Arthur Koestler Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 5 September 1905. Died: 1 March 1983 | Author | Journalist |

The principal mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers.

Principal mark Genius Not perfection Originality
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Creative activity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.

Creative activity Learning process The teacher Pupil
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Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion.

Nothing More sad Death An illusion
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Creativity is the defeat of habit by originality.

Creativity The defeat Habit By originality
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The principle that the end justifies the means is and remains the only rule of political ethics; anything else is just a vague chatter and melts away between one’s fingers.

The principle End justifies The means Only rule
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History had a slow pulse; man counted in years, history in generations

History Slow pulse Man counted In years
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Honor is decency without vanity.

Honor Decency Without vanity
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The fact is: I no longer believe in my own infallibility. That is why I am lost.

No longer Believe Own infallibility
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History knows no scruples and no hesitation. Inert and unnerving flows towards her goal. History knows her way. She makes no mistakes.

History knows No scruples No hesitation Her goals
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And there was only one revolutionary virtue which he had not learned, the virtue of self-deception

Revolutionary virtue Not learned Self deception
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Nothing is worse in prison than the consciousness of one's innocence; it prevents acclimatization and undermines one's morale

In prison The consciousness One's innocence Prevents acclimatization
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Aberrations of the human mind are to a large extent due to the obsessional pursuit of some part-truth, treated as if it were a whole truth.

Aberrations Human mind Large extent Obsessional pursuit
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Arthur Koestler Quotes & Sayings