Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“The rightful claim to dissent is an existential right of the individual.”

“Truth is always a delusion.”

“Power is paradoxical.”

“Whoever is content with the world, and who profits from its lack of justice, does not want to change it.”

“Someone who is about to die does not mourn the dead.”

“The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.”

“The art of the cuisine, when fully mastered, is the one human capability of which only good things can be said.”

“For people who have no critical acumen, a state is a mythical entity, for those who think critically it is a rational fiction, created by man in order to facilitate human coexistence.”

“Communism is a proposition to structure the world more reasonably, a proposition for changing the world. As such, we have to analyze it and, if we deem it reasonable, act upon it.”

“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.”