305 Quotes by Arthur Koestler

Since we cannot in the foreseeable future expect the necessary change in human nature to arise by way of a spontaneous mutation, that is, by natural means, we must induce it by artificial means. We can only hope to survive as a species by developing techniques which supplant biological evolution. We must search for a cure for the schizophysiology inherent in man’s nature, and the resulting split in our minds, which led to the situation in which we find ourselves.

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

coincidence may be described as the chance encounter of two unrelated causal chains which miraculously, it seems merge into a significant event.

Coincidence may be described as the chance encounter of two unrelated causal chains which

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

Snobbery is not merely a silly human weakness but something basic in the mentality of modern man a symptom which reflects the general sickness, the dislocation of social and cultural values in contemporary civilization.

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

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