Bertolt Brecht on littles
Bertolt Brecht170 quotes“When the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.”
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Who has good luck is good, Who has bad luck is bad.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht I 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.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Spring is noticed, if at all By people sitting in railway trains.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht 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.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht When 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.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Firebugs dragging their gasoline bottles are approaching the Academy of Arts, with a grin. And so, instead of embracing them, let us demand the freedom of the elbow to knock the bottles out of their filthy hands.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht If you join the rat race — you’re in the race of rats.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht We attacked a foreign people and treated them like rebels. As you know, it’s all right to treat barbarians barbarically. It’s the desire to be barbaric that makes governments call their enemies barbarians.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Who struggles can fail. Who doesn’t struggle has already failed!
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Even the most blockheaded bureaucrat, provided he loves peace, is a greater lover of the arts than any so-called art-lover who loves the arts of war.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Temptation to behave is terrible.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Here today we huddle tight As the darkest heathens might The snow falls chilly on our skin The snow is forcing its way in. Hush, snow, come in with us to dwell: We were thrown out by Heaven as well.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht 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.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Poverty makes you wise but it’s a curse.
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ShamaShama I wish I knew then all of the things I know now that I am enough.
TMCTMC I feel like I’m on fire, fighting for a moment on respite – I’m not placing bets.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby I found him in all the chaos, and that was when my world started making sense again.
MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
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More on littles
Why think of liberation at some future time? Liberation is in the little things, here and now.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar I honestly don’t even know how I got into acting. It happened so quickly because my mom and sister used to do commercials, and apparently when I was little I would unbuckle myself from the stroller and crash their auditions.
Bailee MadisonBailee Madison We agreed with him in principal – we were little scientists, born and bred. But children robbed of love will dwell on magic.
Barbara KingsolverBarbara Kingsolver Make a little time to be quiet by yourself every day and just be.
Bear GryllsBear Grylls Are all Cabinets congeries of little autocrats with a super-autocrat presiding over them?
Beatrice WebbBeatrice Webb You know, Chihiro, darling- all it takes is one little wrong step and you end up feeling frustrated your whole life, like me.
Banana YoshimotoBanana Yoshimoto It may take us a little longer to reach the summit, but never fear, we will get there!
Barbara MertzBarbara Mertz George is the best little dishwasher in Texas.
Barbara BushBarbara Bush
