“We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior.”
Friedrich Durrenmatt“We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior.”
Friedrich Durrenmatt“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“Power is paradoxical.”
Friedrich Durrenmatt“Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand.”
Friedrich Durrenmatt“Someone who is about to die does not mourn the dead.”
Friedrich Durrenmatt“It is inhuman to continue a war which could easily be ended.”
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“A writer doesn’t solve problems. He allows them to emerge.”
Friedrich Dürrenmatt“...he had read von Lambert's book on terrorism, there were two pages devoted to the Arab resistance movement, von Lambert refused to call them terrorists, which didn't preclude, and he had emphasized this, that nonterrorists were also capable of atrocities, Auschwitz, for instance, was not the work of terrorists but of state employees...”
Friedrich Dürrenmatt, The Assignment“There is no greater cruelty than a genius stumbling over something idiotic.”
Friedrich Dürrenmatt, The Pledge