The difference between humans and wild animals is that humans pray before they commit murder.

Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt

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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...

Justice is horrible.

Justice is horrible.

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.

For a person who is dying only eternity counts.

For a person who is dying only eternity counts.

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,...

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...

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.

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

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

Communism is a proposition to structure the world more reasonably, a proposition for changing the...

Communism is a proposition to structure the world more reasonably, a proposition for changing the...

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...

Power is paradoxical.

Power is paradoxical.

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.

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

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

Truth is always a delusion.

Truth is always a delusion.

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

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

The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.

The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.

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.

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...