Everything that is necessary is also easy. You just have to accept it. And the most necessary, the most natural matter on this planet is death.

Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt

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Today's Communism can survive only if it abandons the myth of an infallible party, if...

Today's Communism can survive only if it abandons the myth of an infallible party, if...

There are risks which are not acceptable: the destruction of humanity is one of them.

There are risks which are not acceptable: the destruction of humanity is one of them.

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

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

Power is paradoxical.

Power is paradoxical.

Before anything else, we need a new age of Enlightenment. Our present political systems must...

Before anything else, we need a new age of Enlightenment. Our present political systems must...

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.

Whoever is content with the world, and who profits from its lack of justice, does...

Whoever is content with the world, and who profits from its lack of justice, does...

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...

For people who have no critical acumen, a state is a mythical entity, for those...

For people who have no critical acumen, a state is a mythical entity, for those...

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.

Truth is always a delusion.

Truth is always a delusion.

The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.

The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.

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.

Communism is a proposition to structure the world more reasonably, a proposition for changing the...

Communism is a proposition to structure the world more reasonably, a proposition for changing the...

A story has been thought through to the end when it has taken the worst...

A story has been thought through to the end when it has taken the worst...

Human life is beyond comprehension.

Human life is beyond comprehension.

There is a moment when nothing can be wiped out and left behind any more,...

There is a moment when nothing can be wiped out and left behind any more,...

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

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

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.

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

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