"Man is imperfect. The reality he creates is……" — Friedrich Durrenmatt
"Man is imperfect. The reality he creates is always endangered by man."
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66 Quotes by Friedrich Durrenmatt
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- The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.
- A story has been thought to its conclusion when it has taken its worst possible turn.
- To make the essence of man visible in the exposure is the highest art of photography.
- We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior.
- It is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in front of a jury.
- There is a moment when nothing can be wiped out and left behind any more, when there is only reality…
- Our science has become terrible, our research dangerous, our findings deadly. We physicists have to make peace with reality. Reality…
- Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.
- Power is paradoxical.
- Only the freedom of mind can prevent the state from becoming totalitarian and from issuing totalitarian demands.
- A state always calls itself fatherland when it is ready for murder.
- Above all, be suspicious of your fatherland. Nobody is more inclined to become a murderer than a fatherland.