Arthur Koestler Quotes

The thoughts he put in her head. Someone should’ve arrested him for it.

You think you know her. Just wait and see the change. I'll have her trained in no time.

Religion is just mind control.

Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.

Since I was 9, I'd been told what to say, what to think.

By education most have been misled; So they believe, because they were bred. The priest continues where the nurse began, And thus the child imposes on the man.

If I get ‘em by the short and curlies, the hearts and minds will follow.

We must form men so that they can only will what we wish them to will.

It's their belief, their own will, that holds people in Scientology, even oftentimes when they have been abused.

I can't control everybody's mind.

A large part of our attitude toward things is conditioned by opinions and emotions which we unconsciously absorb as children from our environment. In other words, it is tradition—besides inherited aptitudes and qualities—which makes us what we are. We but rarely reflect how relatively small as compared with the powerful influence of tradition is the influence of our conscious thought upon our conduct and convictions.

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.

Screw the truth into men's minds.

The most dramatic instances of directed behavior change and "mind control" are not the consequence of exotic forms of influence, such as hypnosis, psychotropic drugs, or "brainwashing," but rather the systematic manipulation of the most mundane aspects of human nature over time in confining settings.

My land, the power of training! Of influence! Of education! It can bring a body up to believe anything.

Take a good look around and you'll find people trying to mess with your mind.

The most effective way to close down the human mind and to manipulate its sense of self is to program into it some form of dogma. A dogma will always vehemently defend itself from other information and repel any alternative opinion which contradicts its narrow, solidified view. Dogmas become a person's sense of security and means of retaining power, and humanity tends to cling to both until its knuckles turn white. Dogmas take endless forms, and when you can persuade different people to hold opposing dogmas, the manipulation of conflict and control through "divide and rule" becomes easy.

We must win the common people in every corner. This will be obtained chiefly by means of the schools, and by open, hearty behavior, show, condescension, popularity, and toleration of their prejudices, which we shall at leisure root out and dispel.

I'm vile and perverted. I'm obsessed and deranged. I've existed for years but very little has changed. I'm the tool of the government and industry too. For I'm destined to rule and regulate you. You may think I'm pernicious, but you can't look away. I'll make you think I'm delicious with the stuff that I say. I'm the best you can get... have you guessed me yet? I'm the slime oozing out of your TV set.

Here's an easy way to figure out if you're in a cult: If you're wondering whether you're in a cult, the answer is yes.

Men's second childhood begins when a woman gets a hold of him.

Adrian!You Used compulsion on that guy. That.... I mean, it's....." "Awesome?Yeah,I Know

Ronan didn't need physics. He could intimidate even a piece of plywood into doing what he wanted.

I'm told I'm very charming when people do what I want.

One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them.