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Stanislaw Lem Quotes

Stanislaw Lem quotes

Polish Writer September 12, 1921 – March 27, 2006

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Stanislaw Lem quote: "Faith is, at one and the same time, absolutely necessary and..."
Faith is, at one and the same time, absolutely necessary and altogether impossible. Stanislaw Lem
And yet we knew, for a certainty, that when first emissaries of Earth went walking among the planets, Earth's other sons would be dreaming not about such expeditions but about a piece of bread. Stanislaw Lem
The fate of a single man can be rich with significance, that of a few hundred less so, but the history of thousands and millions of men does not mean anything at all, in any adequate sense of the word. Stanislaw Lem
Stanislaw Lem quote: "How do you expect to communicate with the ocean, when you..."
How do you expect to communicate with the ocean, when you can’t even understand one another? Stanislaw Lem
We have no need of other worlds. We need mirrors. We don't know what to do with other worlds. A single world, our own, suffices us; but we can't accept it for what it is. Stanislaw Lem
I should acquaint the reader with the basic principles of the mythology I adhered to then. I believed . . . that inanimate objects were no less fallible than people. They, too, could be forgetful. And, if you had enough patience, you could catch them by surprise. Stanislaw Lem
Stanislaw Lem quote: "A dream will always triumph over reality, once it is given the..."
A dream will always triumph over reality, once it is given the chance. Stanislaw Lem
Man has gone out to explore other worlds and other civilizations without having explored his own labyrinth of dark passages and secret chambers, and without finding what lies behind doorways that he himself has sealed. Stanislaw Lem
For moral reasons ... the world appears to me to be put together in such a painful way that I prefer to believe that it was not created ... intentionally. Stanislaw Lem
Such labor follows in the steps of Freud, who has become the Ptolemy of psychology, for now, with him, anyone can explain human phenomena, raising epicycles upon epicycles... Stanislaw Lem
Stanislaw Lem quote: ";he was at home whenever he could quench his thirst for..."
...;he was at home whenever he could quench his thirst for knowledge;... Stanislaw Lem
Stanislaw Lem quote: "No one reads; if someone does read, he doesn't understand; if..."
No one reads; if someone does read, he doesn't understand; if he understands, he immediately forgets. Stanislaw Lem
For what are myths if not the imposing of order on phenomena that do not possess order in themselves? And all myths, however they differ from philosophical systems and scientific theories, share this with them, that they negate the principle of randomness in the world. Stanislaw Lem
It's true that even though I'm a world unto myself, I've just a speck of dust in the avalanche of events. But nothing will ever force me to think like a speck of dust! Stanislaw Lem
It was not possible to think except with one’s brain, no one could stand outside himself in order to check the functioning of his inner processes. Stanislaw Lem

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