"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 everybody? How else can one change it? He who understands and forgives -- where would he find a motive to act? Where would he not?"
Arthur Koestler was a Hungarian-born British novelist, journalist, and essayist. He was born on 1905-09-05 and died on 1983-03-01. He is best known for Darkness at Noon and his political and philosophical nonfiction.