He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.
BERTOLT BRECHTSchoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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One forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image, and that there is none between the sound of his voice on the screen and in real life.
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The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.
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With drooping shoulders The majority sit hunched, their foreheads furrowed like Stony ground that has been repeatedly ploughed-up to no purpose.
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Pleasures First look from morning’s window The rediscovered book Fascinated faces Snow, the change of the seasons
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The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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Here today we huddle tight As the darkest heathens might The snow falls chilly on our skin The snow is forcing its way in. Hush, snow, come in with us to dwell: We were thrown out by Heaven as well.
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There are some with brains and some without. It makes for a better division of labour.
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One must live well to know what living is.
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When you name yourself, you always name another.
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For what’s the use of talking with a man who has a disease and thinks about the stars?
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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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Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
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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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Terrible is the temptation to be good.
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Fearful is the seductive power of goodness.
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