Famous Stanisaw Lem Quotes
The horse respects and obeys man because its large eyes magnify everything, so man appears much larger than the horse itself.– Stanisaw Lem
Yes, it’s comforting to know, when you think about it, that only man can be a bastard– Stanisaw Lem
Simulant – something that doesn’t exist but pretends to….Dissimulant – an object that exists but pretends not to.– Stanisaw Lem
I felt myself being invaded through and through, I crumbled, disintegrated, and only emptiness remained.– Stanisaw Lem
A journey is a dismal thing when there can be no homecoming.– Stanisaw Lem
To torture a man you have to know his pleasures.– Stanisaw Lem
War is the worst way of gathering knowledge about a foreign culture.– Stanisaw Lem
I never read to kill time. Killing time is like killing someone’s wife or a child. There is nothing more precious for me than time.– Stanisaw Lem
A world compelled to good alone is as much a shrine to compulsion as a world compelled to evil only.The Twenty-first Voyage– Stanisaw Lem
Is a mountain only a huge stone? Is a planet an enormous mountain?– Stanisaw Lem