Before anything else, we need a new age of Enlightenment. Our present political systems must relinquish their claims on truth, justice and freedom and have to replace them with the search for truth, justice, freedom and reason.

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Someone who is about to die does not mourn the dead.

Someone who is about to die does not mourn the dead.

The problems of all of humanity can only be solved by all of humanity.

The problems of all of humanity can only be solved by all of humanity.

World history is tragic.

World history is tragic.

It is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in...

It is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in...

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.

The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look...

The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look...

The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.

The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.

Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.

Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.

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

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

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...

The freedom of each individual can only be the freedom of all.

The freedom of each individual can only be the freedom of all.

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

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

In a society which is structured the wrong way, piety has no effect.

In a society which is structured the wrong way, piety has no effect.

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.

Who sows fear, reaps weapons.

Who sows fear, reaps weapons.

The evolution of humans can not only be seen as the grand total of their...

The evolution of humans can not only be seen as the grand total of their...

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...

News reports don't change the world. Only facts change it, and those have already happened...

News reports don't change the world. Only facts change it, and those have already happened...

There are thoughts we must not think.

There are thoughts we must not think.

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

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