There is a moment when nothing can be wiped out and left behind any more, when there is only reality and reality is horrifying.

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.

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...

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.

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...

The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.

The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.

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

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

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...

Truth is always a delusion.

Truth is always a delusion.

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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.

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

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

Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back.

Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back.

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand.

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand.

Who sows fear, reaps weapons.

Who sows fear, reaps weapons.

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...