A writer's ambition should be to trade a hundred contemporary readers for ten readers in ten years' time and for one reader in a hundred years' time.

Quote by Arthur Koestler

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Creativity in science could be described as the act of putting two and two together...

Creativity in science could be described as the act of putting two and two together...

Politics can be relatively fair in the breathing spaces of history; at its critical turning...

Politics can be relatively fair in the breathing spaces of history; at its critical turning...

Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears.

Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears.

If one looks with a cold eye at the mess man has made of history,...

If one looks with a cold eye at the mess man has made of history,...

Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil...

Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil...

The definition of the individual was: a multitude of one million divided by one million.

The definition of the individual was: a multitude of one million divided by one million.

Politics can be relatively fair in the breathing spaces of history; at its critical turning...

Politics can be relatively fair in the breathing spaces of history; at its critical turning...

A publisher who writes is like a cow in a milk bar.

A publisher who writes is like a cow in a milk bar.

True creativity often starts where language ends.

True creativity often starts where language ends.

Prometheus is reaching out for the stars with an empty grin on his face.

Prometheus is reaching out for the stars with an empty grin on his face.

If the creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely would...

If the creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely would...

Scientists are peeping Toms at the keyhole of eternity

Scientists are peeping Toms at the keyhole of eternity

The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we...

The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we...

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

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

The evolution of the brain not only overshot the needs of prehistoric man, it is...

The evolution of the brain not only overshot the needs of prehistoric man, it is...

The progress of science is strewn, like an ancient desert trail, with the bleached skeleton...

The progress of science is strewn, like an ancient desert trail, with the bleached skeleton...

One may not regard the world as a sort of metaphysical brothel for emotions.

One may not regard the world as a sort of metaphysical brothel for emotions.

The most persistent sound which reverberates through men's history is the beating of war drums

The most persistent sound which reverberates through men's history is the beating of war drums

We've been there on World Wars, it's time for World Party I.

We've been there on World Wars, it's time for World Party I.

Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.

Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.