127 Quotes by Friedrich Dürrenmatt

Today's Communism can survive only if it abandons the myth of an infallible party, if it continues to think, and if it becomes democratic.

A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks like a political victory.

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.

Human life is beyond comprehension.

We can't afford the wrath of Heaven. We survived a deluge by the skin of our teeth, but an economic crisis would be disastrous.

Who sows fear, reaps weapons.

World history is tragic.

What concerns everyone can only be resolved by everyone.

A reasonable change of the world can not be instrumented by pure reason.