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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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...

Justice is horrible.

Justice is horrible.

We are the world.

We are the world.

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...

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

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

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

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

For a person who is dying only eternity counts.

For a person who is dying only eternity counts.

Truth is always a delusion.

Truth is always a delusion.

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

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

Who sows fear, reaps weapons.

Who sows fear, reaps weapons.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

The savages don't have atom bombs.

The savages don't have atom bombs.

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...

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...

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 do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior.

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

You can't take back an act you were able to think.

You can't take back an act you were able to think.