Unhappiness doesn't grow on the chest like leprosy. Poverty won't fall off the roof like a loose tile, no; poverty and unhappiness are man's doing.

You don't need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be insured.

The alienation effect in German epic theater is achieved not only through the actors, but also through music (chorus and song) andsets (transparencies, film strips, etc.). Its main purpose is to place the staged events in their historical context.

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

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

The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors can't do it all by themselves.

He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.