"The old disease, thought Rubashov. Revolutionaries should not think through other people's minds. Or, perhaps they should? Or even ought to? How can one change the world if one identifies oneself with..."
- Arthur Koestler
"Solitary confinement is rock bottom, it’s absolute unfreedom."
"It was quiet in the cell. Rubashov heard only the creaking of his steps on the tiles. Six and a half steps to the door, whence they must come to fetch him, six and a half steps to the window, behind w..."
"Ivanov- "Up to now , all revolutions have been made by moralizing diletantes. They were always in good faith and perished because of their dilettantism. We for the first time are consequent...""Yes," ..."
"Each wrong idea we follow is a crime committed against future generations."
"History knows no scruples and no hesitation. Inert and unnering flows towards her goal. History knows herway. She makes no mistakes."
"Much depends on asking the right question at the right time."
"The ultimate truth is penultimately always a falsehood. He who will be proved right in the end appears to be wrong and harmful before it."
"The principal mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers."
"Creative activity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual."