People like us who are on their last leg can only understand comedies. Friedrich Durrenmatt More Quotes by Friedrich Durrenmatt More Quotes From Friedrich Durrenmatt The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal viewpoint. Friedrich Durrenmatt viewpointsliteraturelooks Humor is the mask of wisdom. Friedrich Durrenmatt humorwisdomfunny The worst possible turn can not be programmed. It is caused by coincidence. Friedrich Durrenmatt worstcoincidenceliterature News reports don't change the world. Only facts change it, and those have already happened when we get the news. Friedrich Durrenmatt newsliteratureworld The difference between humans and wild animals is that humans pray before they commit murder. Friedrich Durrenmatt differencesliteratureanimal Our science has become terrible, our research dangerous, our findings deadly. We physicists have to make peace with reality. Reality is not as strong as we are. We will ruin reality. Friedrich Durrenmatt strongresearchreality To not be afraid in our world is the message that doesn't derive from reason, but maybe from this mysterious capacity given to humans which we call--not without a little embarrassment--faith. Friedrich Durrenmatt our-worldfaithfear Emotions have no place in business, unless you do business with them. Friedrich Durrenmatt emotion That there is also freedom in captivity, only a prisoner can claim. Coming from a prison guard, this statement would be blasphemy. Friedrich Durrenmatt prison-guardscaptivitywould-be Without tolerance, our world turns into hell. Friedrich Durrenmatt helltoleranceour-world A state always calls itself fatherland when it is ready for murder. Friedrich Durrenmatt readymurderstates It is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in front of a jury. Friedrich Durrenmatt cupsmurdercoffee Communism is a proposition to structure the world more reasonably, a proposition for changing the world. As such, we have to analyze it and, if we deem it reasonable, act upon it. Friedrich Durrenmatt communismliteratureworld 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. Friedrich Durrenmatt fearinspirationalart There are risks which are not acceptable: the destruction of humanity is one of them Friedrich Durrenmatt riskliteraturehumanity One does not set fire to a world which is already lost Friedrich Durrenmatt literaturefiredoe Above all, be suspicious of your fatherland. Nobody is more inclined to become a murderer than a fatherland. Friedrich Durrenmatt fatherlandsuspiciousmurderer The content of physics is the concern of physicists, its effect the concern of all men. Friedrich Durrenmatt physicistphysicsmen The art of the cuisine, when fully mastered, is the one human capability of which only good things can be said. Friedrich Durrenmatt cuisineliteratureart There is a moment when nothing can be wiped out and left behind any more, when there is only reality and reality is horrifying. Friedrich Durrenmatt left-behindmomentsreality
