Quotes by Koestler, Arthur

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

The most persistent sound which reverberates through man's history is >>

Nobody before the Pythagorean had thought that mathematical relations >>

Quotations about Conquest

If conquerors be regarded as the engine-drivers of History, then the c >>

Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military v >>

The desire to conquer is itself a sort of subjection. >>

If conquerors be regarded as the engine-drivers of History, then the conquerors of thought are perhaps the pointsmen who, less conspicuous to the traveler's eye, determine the direction of the journey.

Koestler, Arthur