Dystopian Author Quotes

Arthur Koestler Men cannot be treated as units in operations of political arithmetic because they behave like the symbols for zero and the infinite , which […]

Arthur Koestler I am not sure whether ethical absolutes exist. But I am sure that we have to act as if they existed or civilization perishes.

Arthur Koestler The evolution of the brain not only overshot the needs of prehistoric man, it is the only example of evolution providing a species with […]

Arthur Koestler The principle that the end justifies the means is and remains the only rule of political ethics; anything else is just a vague chatter […]

Arthur Koestler If the creator has a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely would have meant for us to stick it out.

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

Arthur Koestler If power corrupts, the reverse is also true; persecution corrupts the victims though perhaps in subtler and more tragic ways.

Arthur Koestler To sell oneself for thirty pieces of silver is an honest transaction; but to sell oneself to one s own conscience is to abandon […]

Arthur Koestler Honor is decency without vanity.