Bertolt Brecht Quotes

Fearful is the seductive power of goodness.

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 it.

The finest plans are always ruined by the littleness of those who ought to carry them out, for emperor himself can actually be nothing.

All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.

A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.

There are a few things that’ll move people to pity, a few, but the trouble is, when they’ve been used several times, they no longer work.

The righteous one has no sense of humor.

Art and science work in quite different ways: agreed. But, bad as it may sound, I have to admit that I cannot get along as an artist without the use of one or two sciences. … In my view, the great and complicated things that go on in the world cannot be adequately recognized by people who do not use every possible aid to understanding.

You have to attack once the truth is too weak to defend itself.

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

One must live well to know what living is.

Who has good luck is good, Who has bad luck is bad.