Revolutions demand enormous sacrifices and, at the same time, create a new need to change the world again. – Friedrich Durrenmatt
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. – Friedrich Durrenmatt
We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior. – Friedrich Durrenmatt
The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal viewpoint. – Friedrich Durrenmatt
Since Hiroshima and the Holocaust, science no longer holds its pristine place as the highest moral authority. Instead, that role is taken by human rights. It follows that any assault on Jewish life – on Jews or Judaism or the Jewish state – must be cast in the language of human rights. – Jonathan Sacks