A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks like a political victory. – Friedrich Durrenmatt
Everything in the world can be changed, my dear Florestan, but the human being. – Friedrich Durrenmatt
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. – Friedrich Durrenmatt
Whoever is content with the world, and who profits from its lack of justice, does not want to change it. – Friedrich Durrenmatt
The art of the cuisine, when fully mastered, is the one human capability of which only good things can be said. – Friedrich Durrenmatt
News reports don’t change the world. Only facts change it, and those have already happened when we get the news. – Friedrich Durrenmatt
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. – 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
