127 Quotes by Friedrich Dürrenmatt

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.

Resistance at all cost is the most senseless act there is.

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

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

The worst possible turn can not be programmed. It is caused by coincidence.

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

The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal viewpoint.

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.

The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.