Terrible is the temptation to be good.
BERTOLT BRECHTImpact lies in the vicinity of mistakes.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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What kind of times are they, when A talk about trees is almost a crime Because it implies silence about so many horrors?
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Whenever there are great virtues, it’s a sure sign something’s wrong.
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The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error.
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A man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the first time he’ll give him sixpence. But the second time it’ll only be a three penny bit. And if he sees him a third time, he’ll have him cold-bloodedly handed over to the police.
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Then I will tell you something. I do not believe in it. Forty years among men has consistently taught me that they are not amenable to commonsense.
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Nowadays, anyone who wishes to combat lies and ignorance and to write the truth must overcome at least five difficulties.
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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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The rain Never falls upwards. When the wound Stops hurting What hurts is The scar.
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Our audience must experience not only the ways to free Prometheus, but be schooled in the very desire to free him. Theater must teach all the pleasures and joys of discovery, all the feelings of triumph associated with liberation.
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The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.
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When the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.
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Don’t be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
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Great sport begins at a point where it has ceased to be healthy.
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Who does Not Know the Truth, is simply a Fool… Yet who Knows the Truth and Calls it a Lie, is a Criminal.
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I’m in good form, taking no interest in things, neglecting clothes, meals, company, and feeling calm and stable as I write.
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