Hans-Peter Durr quotes

Hans-Peter Durr quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“If you have an enemy, you first have to listen - whether he really is an enemy or just speaks in a different language”
-- Hans-Peter Durr

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“Human beings should only use technology which if the worst case happens, it leads to an acceptable damage. Definitely nuclear energy is not in that category. I want an industrial world where people are allowed to make errors. Because human creativity has to do with being allowed to make errors. We want an error-friendly environment.”
-- Hans-Peter Durr

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“Peace in its real sense can never be achieved by military measures or technical fixes... It is high time for us to focus our attention on the real problems which are threatening all of us - in fact, life on this planet.”
-- Hans-Peter Durr

Source : Hans-Peter Durr's Right Livelihood Award Acceptance Speech, www.rightlivelihoodaward.org. December 31, 1987.

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“The loss of enemies does not compensate for the loss of friends.”
“Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage, assassination. This is the war of the future.”
“I saw my enemies in Munich, and they are worms.”
“There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.”
“Every actor has his own identity. I don't aspire to be Bond. My quest is to do something new, something different.”
“It's the presence of others who are smarter, kinder, wiser, and different from you that enables you to evolve. Those are the people to surround yourself with at all times.”

Source : Adam Braun (2015). “The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change”, p.218, Simon and Schuster
“If at first you don't succeed/You can dust it off and try again/Dust yourself off and try again.”

Source : Song: Try Again, Album: I Care 4 U
“The man who pauses on the paths of treason, Halts on a quicksand, the first step engulfs him.”
“Beginning with the first bite, and for every bite after, that try to chew ten times.”

Source : Aaron Hoopes (2010). “Zen Anti-Diet: Mindful Eating for Health, Vitality and Weight Loss”, p.14, Aaron Hoopes
“When I first started, I just wanted to work. I wouldn't necessarily do anything, but I'd pretty much almost do anything at the very beginning.”

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