Bertolt Brecht Quotes

"Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes"

on Social Justice

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

on Death

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

on Happiness

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

on Death

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

on Wisdom

"People who understand everything get no stories."

on Wisdom

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

on Identity

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

on Truth

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

on Mental Health

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

on Communication

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

on Philosophy

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

on Philosophy

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

on Philosophy

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

on Wisdom

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

on Compassion