Quotes from Karel Capek

Nothing is stranger to man than his own image.

Relativism is neither a method of fighting, nor a method of creating, for both of these are uncompromising and at times even ruthless; rather, it is a method of cognition.

There came into the world an unlimited abundance of everything people need. But people need everything except unlimited abundance.

Be these people either Conservatives or Socialists, Yellows or Reds, the most important thing is - and that is the point I want to stress - that all of them are right in the plain and moral sense of the word.

After his death the gardener does not become a butterfly, intoxicated by the perfumes of the flowers, but a garden worm tasting all the dark, nitrogenous, and spicy delights of the soil.

People should be a little loony, Helena. That's the best thing about them.

Wherever on this planet ideals of personal freedom and dignity apply, there you will find the cultural inheritance of England.

If dogs could talk, perhaps we would find it as hard to get along with them as we do with people.