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

Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

For a person who is dying only eternity counts.

For a person who is dying only eternity counts.

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

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

Power is paradoxical.

Power is paradoxical.

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

The worst possible turn can not be programmed. It is caused by coincidence.

The worst possible turn can not be programmed. It is caused by coincidence.

There are thoughts we must not think.

There are thoughts we must not think.

World history is tragic.

World history is tragic.

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

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

The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.

The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.