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 BRECHTI opened the man’s skull and messed about with his brains. I saw how they patched fellows up, so as to cart them back to the Front as quickly as they could.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Unhappiness doesn’t grow on the chest like leprosy. Poverty won’t fall off the roof like a loose tile, no; poverty and unhappiness are man’s doing.
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He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.
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For once you must try not to shirk the facts: mankind is kept alive by bestial acts.
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The rain Never falls upwards. When the wound Stops hurting What hurts is The scar.
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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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Those against politics are in favor of the politics inflicted upon them.
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There are some with brains and some without. It makes for a better division of labour.
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Don’t tell me peace has broken out.
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The newspaper The dog Dialectics Showering, swimming Old music Comfortable shoes Comprehension New music Writing, planting Traveling Singing Being friendly
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Who struggles can fail. Who doesn’t struggle has already failed!
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Mixing one’s wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
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It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.
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From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
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Science knows only one commandment – contribute to science.
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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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