Our science has become terrible, our research dangerous, our findings deadly. We physicists have to make peace with reality. Reality is not as strong as we are. We will ruin reality.

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The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.

The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.

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,...

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...

Only the freedom of mind can prevent the state from becoming totalitarian and from issuing...

Only the freedom of mind can prevent the state from becoming totalitarian and from issuing...

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

We are the world.

We are the world.

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

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

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.

Justice is horrible.

Justice is horrible.

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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.