Bertolt Brecht Quotes

You may proclaim, good sirs, your fine philosophy, but till you feed us right and wrong can wait. Or...

And I did work out something: that the rich of the earth indeed create misery, but they cannot bear ...

The compassion of the oppressed for the oppressed is indispensable. It is the world's one hope.

Why be a man when you can be a success?

What's a joy to the one is a nightmare to the other.

War is like love it always finds a way.

Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions.

Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.

Everyone needs help from everyone.

If you join the rat race — you're in the race of rats.

Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.

What's joy to one is a nightmare to the other.

We're not responsible, he thought. This planet is a temporary affair. It's whizzing with all kinds o...

Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.

Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.

War is like love it always finds a way.

What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?

Those who are weak don't fight.Those who are stronger might fightfor an hour.Those who are stronger ...

The mill wheel turns it turns forever though what is uppermost remains not so.

Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.

The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn when teachers themselves are taught to learn.

The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearmen...

It isn't important to come out on top what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

Great sport begins at a point where it has ceased to be healthy.

Don’t be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.

The worst illiterate is the political illiterate, he doesn’t hear, doesn’t speak, nor participates i...

Because things are the way they are things will not stay the way they are.

Some party hack decreed that the peoplehad lost the government's confidenceand could only regain it ...

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes but quickly to see how to make them good.

Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is at their heels.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

For what's the use of talking with a man who has a disease and thinks about the stars?

People who understand everything get no stories.

There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.

Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.

Corpses sour you. They are bad for objectivity.

People are too durable that's their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves they last too...

When praying does no good insurance does help.

If we could learn to look instead of gawking,We'd see the horror in the heart of farce,If only we co...

No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.

Natürlich muss die Wahrheit im Kampf mit der Unwahrheit geschrieben werden und sie darf nicht etwas ...

Fearful is the seductive power of goodness.

Character is a question of time. It lasts for a certain length of time, just like a glove. There are...

Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes

Such a lot is won when even a single man gets to his feet and says No

EpitaphDen Tigern ertrann ichDie Wanzen nährte ichAufgefressen wurde ichVon den Mittelmäßigkeiten.

The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error.

Sometimes I see myself driving through hell with this wagon and selling brimstone. And sometimes I’m...

He says he'd like to kiss the ground you walk on-reminds me, did you wash them yesterday?- and after...

Hatred of oppression still distorts the features, Anger at injustice still makes voices raised and u...

The war which is comingIs not the first one. There wereOther wars before it.When the last one came t...

The first time it was reported that our friends were being butchered there was a cry of horror. Then...

Carpenter: "Call Shen Te, someone! She's good!"Shui Ta: "Certainly. She's ruined.

Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.

Everyone chases after happiness not noticing that happiness is at their heels.

People remain what they are even when their faces fall to pieces.

It isn't important to come out on top. What matters is to come out alive.

Sin is what is new, strong, surprising, strange. The theatre must take an interest in sin if the you...

Why be a man when you can be a success.

The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don't understand it, or are ...

What a miserable thing life is: you're living in clover only the clover isn't good enough.

First of all, they came to take the gypsiesand I was happy because they pilfered.Then they came to t...

What a miserable thing life is: you're living in clover, only the clover isn't good enough.

We attacked a foreign people and treated them like rebels. As you know, it's all right to treat barb...