Uncategorized 15 Quotes by Stanislaw Lem vishnam September 22, 2022 1. “Good books tell the truth even when they’re about things that never have been and never will be. They’re truthful in a different way.” 2. “There are no answers, only choices.” 3. “Genius is not so much a light as it is a constant awareness of the surrounding gloom.” 4. “A dream will always triumph over reality, once it is given the chance.” 5. “A specialist is a barbarian whose ignorance is not well-rounded.” 6. “Science explain the world, but only Art can reconcile us to it.” 7. “You climb to reach the summit, but once there discover that all roads lead down.” 8. “Cannibals prefer those who have no spines.” 9. “A candidate is a person who gets money from the rich and votes from the poor to protect them from each other.” 10. “I hadn’t known there were so many idiots in the world until I started using the Internet.” 11. “He who has had, has been, but he who hasn’t been, has been had.” 12. “Where do consequences lead? Depends on the escort.” 13. “If a man who can’t count finds a four leaf clover, is he lucky?.” 14. “No one reads; if someone does read, he doesn’t understand; if he understands, he immediately forgets.” 15. “Do not trust people. They are capable of greatness.” 16. “We are like snails, each stuck to his own leaf.” 17. “I don’t resist in progress, but I have a growing feeling that mankind uses it mostly for disgraceful purposes.” 18. “I believe in no final solutions.” 19. “Everything is explicable in the terms of the behavior of a small child.” 20. “To torture a man you have to know his pleasures.” 21. “Faith is, at one and the same time, absolutely necessary and altogether impossible.” 22. “A writer should not run around with a mirror for his countrymen; he should tell his society and his times things no one ever thought before.” 23. “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.” 24. “If man had more of a sense of humor, tings might have turned out differently.” 25. “Skepticism is like a microscope whose magnification is constantly increased: the sharp image that one begins with finally dissolves, because it is not possible to see ultimate things: their existence is only to be inferred.” 26. “Man does not create gods, in spite of appearances. The times, the age, impose them on him.” 27. “People make filthy things with the freedom they regained.” 28. “You believe by doubting and you doubt by believing; yet this state too is not the final one.” 29. “Burn with that consuming fire of objectivity that forces a man to renew efforts that are doomed to failure.” 30. “We don’t want to conquer the cosmos, we simply want to extend the boundaries of earth to the frontiers of the cosmos.” Continue Reading Previous: 15 Quotes by Babe RuthNext: 30 Quotes by Edward de Bono Leave a Reply Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment * Name * Email * Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Related Stories The Evolution and Impact of Compact Discs (CDs) in Music and Data Storage Uncategorized The Evolution and Impact of Compact Discs (CDs) in Music and Data Storage July 3, 2024 The Evolution and Function of Firewalls in Network Security Uncategorized The Evolution and Function of Firewalls in Network Security July 3, 2024 The Ancient Art and Science of Palmistry: Exploring the Mysteries of the Hands Uncategorized The Ancient Art and Science of Palmistry: Exploring the Mysteries of the Hands July 3, 2024