The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal viewpoint.

Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt

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Everything that is necessary is also easy. You just have to accept it. And the...

Everything that is necessary is also easy. You just have to accept it. And the...

Man is imperfect. The reality he creates is always endangered by man.

Man is imperfect. The reality he creates is always endangered by man.

Above all, be suspicious of your fatherland. Nobody is more inclined to become a murderer...

Above all, be suspicious of your fatherland. Nobody is more inclined to become a murderer...

Truth is always a delusion.

Truth is always a delusion.

A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks like a political...

A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks like a political...

Our science has become terrible, our research dangerous, our findings deadly. We physicists have to...

Our science has become terrible, our research dangerous, our findings deadly. We physicists have to...

The rightful claim to dissent is an existential right of the individual.

The rightful claim to dissent is an existential right of the individual.

Everything in the world can be changed, my dear Florestan, but the human being.

Everything in the world can be changed, my dear Florestan, but the human being.

So then learn to conquer your fear. This is the only art we have to...

So then learn to conquer your fear. This is the only art we have to...

The worst possible turn can not be programmed. It is caused by coincidence.

The worst possible turn can not be programmed. It is caused by coincidence.

Justice is horrible.

Justice is horrible.

Resistance at all cost is the most senseless act there is.

Resistance at all cost is the most senseless act there is.

Human life is beyond comprehension.

Human life is beyond comprehension.

Emotions have no place in business, unless you do business with them.

Emotions have no place in business, unless you do business with them.

The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.

The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.

A story is not finished, until it took the worst turn.

A story is not finished, until it took the worst turn.

People like us who are on their last leg can only understand comedies.

People like us who are on their last leg can only understand comedies.

This inhuman world has to become more humane. But how?

This inhuman world has to become more humane. But how?

We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior.

We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior.

Pretend to be dumb, that's the only way to reach old age.

Pretend to be dumb, that's the only way to reach old age.