82 Quotes by Karel Čapek

Nobody can hate man more than man.

Připadám si jako slepice, k terá vyseděla orly; sedím při zemi a kdákám strachy, když jeden po druhém vyletují. Někdy si říkám: to nesmíš, nesmíš být tak malodušná, nesmíš jim překážet – Richarde, to je hrozné, co se z člověka stane, když je mámou!

Everyone has the best of feelings towards mankind in general, but not towards the individual man. We'll kill men, but we want to save mankind. And that isn't right, your Reverence. The world will be an evil place as long as people don't believe in other people.

Proč prosím… Když mohou lidé zabíjet olovem a plynem,… nač my doktoři máme někoho zachraňovat, ne? Kdybyste věděli, co to dá někdy práce… zachránit dítě… nebo vyhojit takový kostižer… A pak se řekne válka! Jako lékař… musím být proti střílení a yperitu, že? Já jsem viděl, jaké svinstvo to v člověku dělá… Rozumíte, prostě jako doktor – Já nejsem žádný politik, pánové, ale jako lékař jsem povinen… bojovat o každý lidský život, ne? To je prostě lékařská povinnost, odstranit válku!

His life was now the life of a collector, and that gave it meaning. Evening after evening he would count and arrange his cuttings under the indulgent eyes of Mrs. Povondra who knew that every man is partly mad and partly a little child; it was better for him to play with his cuttings than to go out drinking and playing cards. She even made some space in the scullery for all the boxes he had made himself for his collection; could anything more be asked of a wife?

Just imagine the silence in the world, if people talked only what they knew

It's astonishing what a number of churches and idiots there are in the world.

Well people are just one species too, aren't they. And it's never stopped them fighting with each other; all the same species and think of all the excuses for war they've used! It hasn't had to be about space to live in, it's been about power, prestige, influence, fame, resources and I don't know what else!

Helena: Will they be happier when they can feel pain?Dr. Gall: On the contrary. But they will be technically more perfect.