Science knows only one commandment – contribute to science.
BERTOLT BRECHTWho has good luck is good, Who has bad luck is bad.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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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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Come in, dear wind, and be our guest You too have neither home nor rest.
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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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Mixing one’s wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
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Of all the works of man I like best Those which have been used. The copper pots with their dents and flattened edges The knives and forks whose wooden handles Have been worn away by many hands: such forms Seemed to me the noblest.
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Alas,we who wanted kindness, could not be kind ourselves.
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The finest plans are always ruined by the littleness of those who ought to carry them out, for emperor himself can actually be nothing.
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There must always be some who are brighter and some who are stupider, the latter make up for it by being better workers.
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Spring is noticed, if at all By people sitting in railway trains.
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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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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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Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must change.
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The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.
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Who struggles can fail. Who doesn’t struggle has already failed!
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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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