Bertolt Brecht Quotes
- Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
- Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.
- It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.
- Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.
- Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
- The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don't understand it, or are prevented by naked misery from obeying…
- Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.
- What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
- The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn when teachers themselves are taught to learn.
- From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
- What's breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank?
- Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions.
- Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
- To live means to finesse the processes to which one is subjugated.
- Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
- He who laughs has not yet heard the bad news.
- People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
- Science knows only one commandment - contribute to science.
- Grub first, then ethics.
- No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.