Believe in People Quotes

“Like optimism, pessimism has two meanings, depending on whether we use it about ourselves or about others. If I say about myself that I’m an optimist, I mean I’m bursting with strength and hope, very buoyant, unfaltering and energetic, and in a word, a good chap. If I say about someone else that he’s an optimist, I mean that he’s a dreamer, impractical, naïve and foolishly trusting, and in a word, a softy. If I say about my fellow being that he’s a pessimist, I mean that he’s a spineless, cowardly neurasthenic, and a sourpuss, that he suffers from constipation or gallstones, exaggerates, and in short, is utterly wrong. If I call myself a pessimist, I imply that I’m more experienced than others, that, mind you, I never fall for any flimflam, that I see into everything, and am simply right – everything will turn out as I say, you mark my words.”
― Karel Čapek, Believe in People

“And I believe that seeing is great wisdom, and that it’s more beneficial to see a lot than to judge. I even believe that the more a person sees, the less he can judge and the less he desires to be a judge.”
― Karel Čapek, Believe in People

“It’s said that religion is the opium of the people, but political utopianism, dictatorship and demagogy are the opium of the people just as much—they deprive them of responsibility, personal initiative and the strain of thinking and judging.”
― Karel Čapek, Believe in People

“Imagine the silence if people said only what they know!”
― Karel Čapek, Believe in People