One does not set fire to a world which is already lost.

Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt

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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.

There are thoughts we must not think.

There are thoughts we must not think.

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 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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

Revolutions demand enormous sacrifices and, at the same time, create a new need to change...

Revolutions demand enormous sacrifices and, at the same time, create a new need to change...

For a person who is dying only eternity counts.

For a person who is dying only eternity counts.

It is inhuman to continue a war which could easily be ended.

It is inhuman to continue a war which could easily be ended.

Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.

Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.

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...

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,...

Power is paradoxical.

Power is paradoxical.

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...

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

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

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand.

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand.

We are the world.

We are the world.

World history is tragic.

World history is tragic.