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.

Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt

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

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

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.

The art of the cuisine, when fully mastered, is the one human capability of which...

The art of the cuisine, when fully mastered, is the one human capability of which...

A state always calls itself fatherland when it is ready for murder.

A state always calls itself fatherland when it is ready for murder.

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

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

World history is tragic.

World history is tragic.

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...

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

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

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...

Who sows fear, reaps weapons.

Who sows fear, reaps weapons.

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand.

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

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 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...

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

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