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

Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt

Topics: Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand.

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand.

Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back.

Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back.

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...

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

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

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,...

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

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

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

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

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.

There are thoughts we must not think.

There are thoughts we must not think.

The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.

The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.

When death has you by the throat, you don't mince words.

When death has you by the throat, you don't mince words.

Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.

Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

We are the world.

We are the world.

Human life is beyond comprehension.

Human life is beyond comprehension.

I am a man, and God is hiding from us humans. We are unable to...

I am a man, and God is hiding from us humans. We are unable to...

The savages don't have atom bombs.

The savages don't have atom bombs.