The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments. What’s left of kisses? Wounds, however, leave scars.
BERTOLT BRECHTPeople are too durable, that’s their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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It’s all right to hesitate if you then go ahead.
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Who struggles can fail. Who doesn’t struggle has already failed!
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People who fight may lose. People who do not fight have already lost.
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It’s never too late for those whose time has come.
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If you wan to steal money, don’t rob a bank – open one.
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People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.
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It is not enough to demand insight and informative images of reality from the theater. Our theater must stimulate a desire for understanding, a delight in changing reality.
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People who understand everything get no stories.
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For time flows on, and if it did not, it would be a bad prospect for those who do not sit at golden tables.
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If you fight you might lose, if you don’t you have already lost.
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If art reflects life, it does so with special mirrors.
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If you don’t have fun, you don’t have a show.
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When the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.
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Firebugs dragging their gasoline bottles are approaching the Academy of Arts, with a grin. And so, instead of embracing them, let us demand the freedom of the elbow to knock the bottles out of their filthy hands.
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In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times.
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