--- title: "1 Just Species Quotes By Karel Capek" description: "1 Just Species quotes by Karel Capek. Plus more from Karel Capek and more Just Species sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dc/karel-capek-8739_mankind_well-people-are-just-one-species-too-are_367173.jpg" --- > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karel-capek/well-people-are-just-one-species-too-aren-t-they-and-it-s-never/) [Karel Čapek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karel-capek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dc/karel-capek-8739_mankind_well-people-are-just-one-species-too-are_367173.jpg) ## More by Karel Capek > [Great God of the Ants, thou hast granted victory to thy servants. I appoint thee honorary Colonel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karel-capek/great-god-of-the-ants-thou-hast-granted-victory-to-thy-servants-i/) [Karel Capek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karel-capek/) > [We´re two, two for everything, for love, life, for a fight and pain, for hours of happiness. Two for wins and losses, for life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karel-capek/we-re-two-two-for-everything-for-love-life-for-a-fight-and-pain-for/) [Karel Capek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karel-capek/) > [I've found a place that would amaze you. People used to live there, but now it's all overgrown and no one goes there. Absolutely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karel-capek/i-ve-found-a-place-that-would-amaze-you-people-used-to-live-there-but/) [Karel Capek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karel-capek/) > [“His life was now the life of a collector, and that gave it meaning. Evening after evening he would count and arrange his cuttings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karel-capek/his-life-was-now-the-life-of-a-collector-and-that-gave-it-meaning/) [Karel Čapek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karel-capek/) > [“So you see. If only the Newts were fighting-men, then perhaps something might be done; but men against men - that, my friend, can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karel-capek/so-you-see-if-only-the-newts-were-fighting-men-then-perhaps-something/) [Karel Čapek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karel-capek/) > [“Nobody can hate man more than man.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karel-capek/nobody-can-hate-man-more-than-man/) [Karel Čapek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karel-capek/) > [People should be a little loony, Helena. That's the best thing about them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karel-capek/people-should-be-a-little-loony-helena-that-s-the-best-thing-about/) [Karel Capek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karel-capek/) > [The sole perfection which modern civilization attains is a mechanical one; machines are splendid and flawless, but the life which serves them or is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karel-capek/the-sole-perfection-which-modern-civilization-attains-is-a-mechanical/) [Karel Capek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karel-capek/) > [“It is a well–known fact that the greater a man is the less he has on his door–plate.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karel-capek/it-is-a-well-known-fact-that-the-greater-a-man-is-the-less-he-has-on/) [Karel Čapek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karel-capek/) > [Relativism is neither a method of fighting, nor a method of creating, for both of these are uncompromising and at times even ruthless; rather,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karel-capek/relativism-is-neither-a-method-of-fighting-nor-a-method-of-creating/) [Karel Capek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karel-capek/) > [If one must fight or create, it is necessary that this be preceded by the broadest possible knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karel-capek/if-one-must-fight-or-create-it-is-necessary-that-this-be-preceded-by/) [Karel Capek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karel-capek/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karel-capek/well-people-are-just-one-species-too-aren-t-they-and-it-s-never/) [Karel Čapek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karel-capek/) > [“I had written the sentence, 'You mustn't think that the evolution that gave rise to us was the only evolutionary possibility on this planet.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karel-capek/i-had-written-the-sentence-you-mustn-t-think-that-the-evolution-that/) [Karel Capek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karel-capek/) > [It's not possible to search for God using the methods of a detective... There is no way. You can only wait till God's axe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karel-capek/it-s-not-possible-to-search-for-god-using-the-methods-of-a-detective/) [Karel Capek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karel-capek/) > [“It is a foible of our human nature that when we have an extremely unpleasant experience, it gives us a peculiar satisfaction if it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karel-capek/it-is-a-foible-of-our-human-nature-that-when-we-have-an-extremely/) [Karel Čapek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karel-capek/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/just-species/karel-capek/#itemlist", "name": "1 Just Species Quotes By Karel Capek", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Well people are just one species too, aren't they. 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