Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand.

Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt

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Human life is beyond comprehension.

Human life is beyond comprehension.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

For a person who is dying only eternity counts.

For a person who is dying only eternity counts.

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...

World history is tragic.

World history is tragic.

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

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

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...

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

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

It is easy to kill when you don't see your victim.

It is easy to kill when you don't see your victim.

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...

Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.

Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.

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

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