Life is short and so is money.
BERTOLT BRECHTWhen the leaders speak of peace, the common folk know war is coming.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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I don’t like where I’m going and I don’t like where I’ve been. Why am I in a hurry?
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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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Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
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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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All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.
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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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Though the rich of this earth find no difficulty in creating misery, they can’t bear to see it.
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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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Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came? Why then, the war would come to you!
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From the start it has been the theatre’s business to entertain people … it needs no other passport than fun.
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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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Little changes are the enemies of great changes.
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The shrill voices of those who give orders Are full of fear like the squeakings of Piglets awaiting the butcher’s knife, as their fat arses Sweat with anxiety in their office chairs…. Fear rules not only those who are ruled, but The rulers too.
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The mill wheel turns, it turns forever, though what is uppermost remains not so.
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Who does Not Know the Truth, is simply a Fool… Yet who Knows the Truth and Calls it a Lie, is a Criminal.
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