I Who live in Los Angeles and not in London Find, on thinking about Hell, that it must be Still more like Los Angeles.
BERTOLT BRECHTWho does Not Know the Truth, is simply a Fool… Yet who Knows the Truth and Calls it a Lie, is a Criminal.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Everyone needs help from everyone.
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Recently my fingers have developed a prejudice against comparatives. They all follow this pattern: a squirrel is smaller than a tree; a bird is more musical than a tree.
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Those against politics are in favor of the politics inflicted upon them.
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…it is simplicity that is difficult to make.
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He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.
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Who has good luck is good, Who has bad luck is bad.
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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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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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Sometimes it’s more important to be human, than to have good taste.
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Alas,we who wanted kindness, could not be kind ourselves.
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What they could do with ’round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization.
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You don’t need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be insured.
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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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Don’t be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
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The mill wheel turns, it turns forever, though what is uppermost remains not so.
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