Words for the Day… by Karel Capek
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.
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.
Every human being should regard himself as if he were exactly balanced between innocence and guilt. Simultaneously he should regard the world as being in the same case. It follows then that if he performs one good deed, he has weighted the scales in favour of both himself and of the whole world, and thus […]
You have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
All cruelty springs from weakness.
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
You can’t imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays.
Science is the process of thinking God’s thoughts after Him.
Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked.
Is it unreasonable then to expect, that some man possessed of the loftiest genius, coupled with ambition sufficient to push it to its utmost stretch, will at some time, spring up among us? — Lyceum Speech, 1838
Instant Karma’s gonna get you Gonna knock you off your feet Better recognize your brothers Ev’ryone you meet Why in the world are we here Surely not to live in pain and fear Instant Karma