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There are thoughts we must not think
Friedrich Durrenmatt
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Friedrich Durrenmatt
Age: 69 †
Born: 1921
Born: January 5
Died: 1990
Died: December 14
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The individual protests against the world, but he doesn't get beyond protest, he is just a single protester. When he wants to be more than that, he has to counter power with power, he has to oppose the system with another system.
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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.
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Someone who is about to die does not mourn the dead.
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He who confronts the paradoxical exposes himself to reality.
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It is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in front of a jury.
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There are risks which are not acceptable: the destruction of humanity is one of them
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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.
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Truth is always a delusion.
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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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It is only in love and murder that we still remain sincere.
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In a society which is structured the wrong way, piety has no effect.
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The evolution of humans can not only be seen as the grand total of their wars it is also defined by the evolution of the human mind and the development of the human consciousness.
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The archetype of all humans, their ideal image, is the computer, once it has liberated itself from its creator, man. The computeris the essence of the human being. In the computer, man reaches his completion.
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We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior.
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The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.
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Then the American flag was saluted. In general, in the United States people always salute the American flag.
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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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Only the freedom of mind can prevent the state from becoming totalitarian and from issuing totalitarian demands.
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Who sows fear, reaps weapons.
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Everything that is necessary is also easy. You just have to accept it. And the most necessary, the most natural matter on this planet is death.
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