Only bad generals need heroes.
BERTOLT BRECHTMixing one’s wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Who built the seven gates of Thebes? In the books are listed the names of kings. Did the kings heave up the building blocks?
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Each of us is the strongest one in his or her own skin. Characteristics should take off their hats to one another, instead of spitting in each other’s faces.
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For time flows on, and if it did not, it would be a bad prospect for those who do not sit at golden tables.
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One cannot be arraigned for declaring a war, which every ruler has to do once in a while, but only for running a war badly.
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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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Things take indeed a wondrous turn When learned men do stoop to learn.
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Little changes are the enemies of great changes.
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The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors can’t do it all by themselves.
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From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
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The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one.
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One can describe the world of today to the people of today only if one describes it as capable of alteration.
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There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.
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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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Don’t accept the habitual as a natural thing. In times of disorder, of organized confusion, of de-humanized humanity, nothing should seem natural. Nothing should seem impossible to change.
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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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