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

Friedrich Durrenmatt

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Friedrich Durrenmatt
Age: 69 †
Born: 1921
Born: January 5
Died: 1990
Died: December 14
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That there is also freedom in captivity, only a prisoner can claim. Coming from a prison guard, this statement would be blasphemy.
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He who confronts the paradoxical exposes himself to reality.
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The content of physics is the concern of physicists, its effect the concern of all men.
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Who sows fear, reaps weapons.
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Humans need justice in the here and now and grace in the thereafter. Justice in the here and now is possible only without freedom,and grace in the thereafter only through the freedom of God.
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Whoever is content with the world, and who profits from its lack of justice, does not want to change it.
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