So then learn to conquer your fear. This is the only art we have to master nowadays: to look at things without fear, and to fearlessly do right.

Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.

Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.

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.

World history is tragic.

World history is tragic.

There are risks which are not acceptable: the destruction of humanity is one of them.

There are risks which are not acceptable: the destruction of humanity is one of them.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

The savages don't have atom bombs.

The savages don't have atom bombs.

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...

Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back.

Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back.

Justice is horrible.

Justice is horrible.

Human life is beyond comprehension.

Human life is beyond comprehension.

Truth is always a delusion.

Truth is always a delusion.

The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.

The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.