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.
BERTOLT BRECHTWhen 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.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
-
-
The right to happiness is fundamental; men live so little time and die alone.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
A theater without beer is just a museum
BERTOLT BRECHT -
From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
Poverty makes you wise but it’s a curse.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came? Why then, the war would come to you!
BERTOLT BRECHT -
In my view, the great and complicated things that go on in the world cannot be adequately recognized by people who do not use every possible aid to understanding.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
For once you must try not to shirk the facts: mankind is kept alive by bestial acts.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
The finest plans are always ruined by the littleness of those who ought to carry them out, for emperor himself can actually be nothing.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
Pleasures First look from morning’s window The rediscovered book Fascinated faces Snow, the change of the seasons
BERTOLT BRECHT -
Terrible is the temptation to be good.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
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.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
What a miserable thing life is: you’re in clover; only the clover isn’t good enough.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
People who understand everything get no stories.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
A man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the first time he’ll give him sixpence. But the second time it’ll only be a three penny bit. And if he sees him a third time, he’ll have him cold-bloodedly handed over to the police.
BERTOLT BRECHT