Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.

Alas,we who wanted kindness, could not be kind ourselves.

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

What kind of times are they, when A talk about trees is almost a crime Because it implies silence about so many horrors?

Those who take the most from the table, teach contentment. Those for whom the taxes are destined, demand sacrifice. Those who eat their fill, speak to the hungry, of wonderful times to come. Those who lead the country into the abyss, call ruling difficult, for ordinary folk.

There are men who struggle for a day and they are good. There are men who struggle for a year and they are better. There are men who struggle many years, and they are better still. But there are those who struggle all their lives: These are the indispensable ones.

From the start it has been the theatre's business to entertain people ... it needs no other passport than fun.