Never believe on faith, see for yourself! What you yourself don’t learn you don’t know.
BERTOLT BRECHTWhen the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
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General, your tank is a powerful vehicle it smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men. but it has one defect: it needs a driver.
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In the contradiction lies the hope.
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You have to attack once the truth is too weak to defend itself.
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It’s never too late for those whose time has come.
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The war which is coming Is not the first one. There were Other wars before it. When the last one came to an end There were conquerors and conquered. Among the conquered the common people Starved. Among the conquerors The common people starved too.
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Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must also change. Nothing comes from nothing; the new comes from the old, but that is why it is new.
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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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Everyone needs help from everyone.
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When evil-doing comes like falling rain, nobody calls out “stop!” When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fall like rain in summer.
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Eats first, morals after.
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There are a few things that’ll move people to pity, a few, but the trouble is, when they’ve been used several times, they no longer work.
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A theater without beer is just a museum
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Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.
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If art reflects life, it does so with special mirrors.
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