As regards obstacles, the shortest distance between two points can be a curve.
BERTOLT BRECHTWhen the praying does no good, insurance does help.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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When you name yourself, you always name another.
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Love is the wish to give, not to receive.
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People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
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Don’t tell me peace has broken out.
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Who struggles can fail. Who doesn’t struggle has already failed!
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Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.
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Art is not a mirror. Art is a hammer.
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He who fights, can lose. He who doesn’t fight, has already lost.
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First the grub, then the morals.
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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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It’s all right to hesitate if you then go ahead.
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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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The worst illiterate is the political illiterate. He hears nothing, sees nothing, takes no part in political life. He doesn’t seem to know that the cost of living, the price of beans, of flour, of rent, of medicines all depend on political decisions.
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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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The fanatics for progress often have too little appreciation of the existing.
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