If art reflects life, it does so with special mirrors.
BERTOLT BRECHTNever believe on faith, see for yourself! What you yourself don’t learn you don’t know.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.
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Something ignoble, loathsome, undignified attends all associations between people and has been transferred to all objects, dwelling, tools, even the landscape itself.
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Sometimes it’s more important to be human, than to have good taste.
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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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It’s all right to hesitate if you then go ahead.
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What’s breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank?
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Impact lies in the vicinity of mistakes.
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If you wan to steal money, don’t rob a bank – open one.
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To live means to finesse the processes to which one is subjugated.
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Unfortunate the country that needs heroes!
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Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
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Who has good luck is good, Who has bad luck is bad.
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When the praying does no good, insurance does help.
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Would it not be simpler If the Government dissolved the people and elected another?
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When something seems ‘the most obvious thing in the world’ it means that any attempt to understand the world has been given up.
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