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Their peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace.
For art to be 'unpolitical' means only to ally itself with the 'ruling' group.
Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must change.
All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.
The mill wheel turns, it turns forever, though what is uppermost remains not so.
The rain Never falls upwards. When the wound Stops hurting What hurts is The scar.
Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste.
We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.
Don't expect the theatre to satisfy the habits of its audience, but to change them.
Would it not be simpler If the Government dissolved the people and elected another?
I don't like where I'm going and I don't like where I've been. Why am I in a hurry?
What a miserable thing life is: you're in clover; only the clover isn't good enough.
For once you must try not to shirk the facts: mankind is kept alive by bestial acts.
Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.
For what's the use of talking with a man who has a disease and thinks about the stars?
There are some with brains and some without. It makes for a better division of labour.
Never believe on faith, see for yourself! What you yourself don't learn you don't know.
The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
Writers can't write as fast as governments make wars; because to write demands thinking.
It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.
What a miserable thing life is: you're living in clover, only the clover isn't good enough.
Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.
General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
Though the rich of this earth find no difficulty in creating misery, they can't bear to see it.
Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions.
You may proclaim, good sirs, your fine philosophy But till you feed us, right and wrong can wait!
The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one.
In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times.
The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error.
Oh why do we not say the important things, it would be so easy, and we are damned because we do not.
For the task assigned them Men aren't smart enough or sly Any rogue can blind them With a clever lie.
Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes.
You don't need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be insured.
People are too durable, that's their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.
Who does Not Know the Truth, is simply a Fool... Yet who Knows the Truth and Calls it a Lie, is a Criminal.
One can describe the world of today to the people of today only if one describes it as capable of alteration.
From the start it has been the theatre's business to entertain people ... it needs no other passport than fun.
Go make yourself a plan And be a shining light. Then make yourself a second plan, For neither will come right.
Oh! Moon of Alabama We now must say good-bye We've lost our good old mama And must have whiskey Oh, you know why!
A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.
The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren't always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.
Love is the desire to give, not to receive, something. Love is the art of producing something with the other's talents.
What kind of times are they, when A talk about trees is almost a crime Because it implies silence about so many horrors?
There must always be some who are brighter and some who are stupider, the latter make up for it by being better workers.
The storm that bends the birch trees Is held to be violent But how about the storm That bends the backs of the roadworkers?
One cannot be arraigned for declaring a war, which every ruler has to do once in a while, but only for running a war badly.
All the gang of those who rule us Hope our quarrels never stop Helping them to split and fool us So they can remain on top.
I'm in good form, taking no interest in things, neglecting clothes, meals, company, and feeling calm and stable as I write.