Friedrich Durrenmatt
Friedrich Durrenmatt
Friedrich Dürrenmattwas a Swiss author and dramatist. He was a proponent of epic theatre whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author's work included avant-garde dramas, philosophical crime novels, and macabre satire. Dürrenmatt was a member of the Gruppe Olten...
Friedrich Durrenmatt quotes about
viewpoints literature world
The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal viewpoint.
literature world facts
News reports don't change the world. Only facts change it, and those have already happened when we get the news.
funny wisdom humor
Humor is the mask of wisdom.
uprising justice world
Whoever is content with the world, and who profits from its lack of justice, does not want to change it.
literature throat
When death has you by the throat, you don't mince words.
existentialism individual claims
The rightful claim to dissent is an existential right of the individual.
literature doe mourn
Someone who is about to die does not mourn the dead.
resistance cost literature
Resistance at all cost is the most senseless act there is.
literature coincidence worst
The worst possible turn can not be programmed. It is caused by coincidence.
literature truth-is delusion
Truth is always a delusion.
party thinking hymns
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.
birthday justice political
Before anything else, we need a new age of Enlightenment. Our present political systems must relinquish their claims on truth, justice and freedom and have to replace them with the search for truth, justice, freedom and reason.
dying eternity persons
For a person who is dying only eternity counts.
prison-guards captivity would-be
That there is also freedom in captivity, only a prisoner can claim. Coming from a prison guard, this statement would be blasphemy.