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
thinking
There are thoughts we must not think
thinking able
You can't take back an act you were able to think.
men thinking order
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.
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.
hate thinking racism
In the United States the whites speak well of the Blacks but think bad about them, whereas the Blacks talk bad and think bad aboutthe whites. Whites fear Blacks, because they have a bad conscience, and Blacks hate whites because they need not have a bad conscience.
possible swiss-author taken worst
A story has been thought through to the end when it has taken the worst possible turn.
dear human swiss-author
Everything in the world can be changed, my dear Florestan, but the human being.
humanity victim stills
Do we still have the right to be more than victims?
prayer united-states praying
Prior to the meeting, there was a prayer. In general, in the United States there was always praying.
easy victim
It is easy to kill when you don't see your victim
people patriotism flags
Then the American flag was saluted. In general, in the United States people always salute the American flag.
criminal-mind murder sincere
It is only in love and murder that we still remain sincere.
heaven redemption world
What the world needs is not redemption from sin but redemption from hunger and oppression; it has no need to pin its hopes upon Heaven, it has everything to hope for from this earth.
our-world tolerance hell
Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.