A writer doesn’t solve problems. He allows them to emerge. — Friedrich Durrenmatt Problem Copy Share Image
He who confronts the paradoxical exposes himself to reality. — Friedrich Durrenmatt Paradoxical Copy Share Image
Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand — Friedrich Durrenmatt Expediency Copy Share Image
The freedom of each individual can only be the freedom of all. — Friedrich Durrenmatt America Copy Share Image
Revolutions demand enormous sacrifices and, at the same time, create a new need to change the world again. — Friedrich Durrenmatt Change the world Copy Share Image
In a society which is structured the wrong way, piety has no effect. — Friedrich Durrenmatt Piety Copy Share Image
The difference between humans and wild animals is that humans pray before they commit murder. — Friedrich Durrenmatt Animal Copy Share Image
Only the freedom of mind can prevent the state from becoming totalitarian and from issuing totalitarian demands. — Friedrich Durrenmatt Becoming Copy Share Image
Emotions have no place in business, unless you do business with them. — Friedrich Durrenmatt Business Copy Share Image
In this country, you never pull the emergency brake, even when there is an emergency. It is imperative that the trains run… — Friedrich Durrenmatt Brake Copy Share Image
A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks like a political victory. — Friedrich Durrenmatt Debacles Copy Share Image
“Every word mattered to them. Because Matthäi was taking them seriously, they took him seriously too.” — Friedrich Dürrenmatt Listening Copy Share Image
Politics at all times lead to bloody wars, and not only politics, but also religions as well as social and economic systems… — Friedrich Durrenmatt All time Copy Share Image
Before anything else, we need a new age of Enlightenment. Our present political systems must relinquish their claims on truth, justice and… — Friedrich Durrenmatt Age Copy Share Image
The archetype of all humans, their ideal image, is the computer, once it has liberated itself from its creator, man. The computeris… — Friedrich Durrenmatt Archetype Copy Share Image
Today's difference between Russia and the United States is that in Russia everybody takes everybody else for a spy, and in the… — Friedrich Durrenmatt Criminals Copy Share Image
There is also a reasonable tolerance: reason tolerates the reasonable. It is, however, almost tautological to call this 'tolerance' any longer, as… — Friedrich Durrenmatt Courses Copy Share Image
For people who have no critical acumen, a state is a mythical entity, for those who think critically it is a rational… — Friedrich Durrenmatt Acumen Copy Share Image
The individual protests against the world, but he doesn't get beyond protest, he is just a single protester. When he wants to… — Friedrich Durrenmatt Individual Copy Share Image
Communism is a proposition to structure the world more reasonably, a proposition for changing the world. As such, we have to analyze… — Friedrich Durrenmatt Changing the world Copy Share Image
What concerns everyone can only be resolved by everyone. — Friedrich Durrenmatt Concern Copy Share Image
It is inhuman to continue a war which could easily be ended — Friedrich Durrenmatt Continue Copy Share Image
A story is not finished, until it took the worst turn. — Friedrich Durrenmatt Finished Copy Share Image
A reasonable change of the world can not be instrumented by pure reason. — Friedrich Durrenmatt Can not Copy Share Image
Man is imperfect. The reality he creates is always endangered by man. — Friedrich Durrenmatt Imperfect Copy Share Image
Then the American flag was saluted. In general, in the United States people always salute the American flag. — Friedrich Durrenmatt American flag Copy Share Image
That there is also freedom in captivity, only a prisoner can claim. Coming from a prison guard, this statement would be blasphemy. — Friedrich Durrenmatt Blasphemy Copy Share Image
Everything in the world can be changed, my dear Florestan, but the human being. — Friedrich Durrenmatt Being Copy Share Image
We can't afford the wrath of Heaven. We survived a deluge by the skin of our teeth, but an economic crisis would… — Friedrich Durrenmatt Capitalism Copy Share Image
Rome has betrayed itself. It knew the truth and chose violence, it knew humaneness and it chose tyranny. — Friedrich Durrenmatt Betrayal Copy Share Image
The art of the cuisine, when fully mastered, is the one human capability of which only good things can be said. — Friedrich Durrenmatt Art Copy Share Image
It is bad luck for world history that of all people the Russians adopted Communism, because they are totally unfit for it. — Friedrich Durrenmatt Adopted Copy Share Image
