Quotes by Koestler, Arthur

The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards. >>

True creativity often starts where language ends. >>

Space-ships and time machines are no escape from the human condition. >>

Quotations about Enlightenment

In this world, which is so plainly the antechamber of another, there a >>

The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all >>

Enlightenment must come little by little-otherwise it would overwhelm. >>

The moment of truth, the sudden emergence of a new insight, is an act of intuition. Such intuitions give the appearance of miraculous flushes, or short-circuits of reasoning. In fact they may be likened to an immersed chain, of which only the beginning and the end are visible above the surface of consciousness. The diver vanishes at one end of the chain and comes up at the other end, guided by invisible links.

Koestler, Arthur