The evolution of the brain not only overshot the needs of prehistoric man, it is the only example of evolution providing a species with an organ which it does not know how to use

Quote by Arthur Koestler

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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.

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,...

Scientists are peeping Toms at the keyhole of eternity

Scientists are peeping Toms at the keyhole of eternity

True creativity often starts where language ends.

True creativity often starts where language ends.

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 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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

Scientists are peeping toms at the keyhole of eternity.

Scientists are peeping toms at the keyhole of eternity.

God seems to have left the receiver off the hook and time is running out

God seems to have left the receiver off the hook and time is running out

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

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

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

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

Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion.

Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion.

Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.

Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.

Death came very easily to her. She had lived such an innocent and loving life...

Death came very easily to her. She had lived such an innocent and loving life...