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.”

“Pretend to be dumb, that's the only way to reach old age.”

“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.”

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

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

“Emotions have no place in business, unless you do business with them.”