Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Quotes

One has to multiply thoughts to the point where there aren't enough policemen to control them

Legends are often destroyed by those in need of its stuff.

Among giants, try and be a dwarf; among dwarfs, try and be a giant; but among equals, try and be an equal

All is in the hands of man. Therefore wash them often.

The window to the world can be covered by a newspaper.

The moment of recognizing your own lack of talent is a flash of genius.

Whenever man begins to doubt himself, he does something so stupid that he is reassured.

Every bush can burn if you fire it with your imagination.

You can close your eyes to reality but not to memories

Puritans should wear fig leaves on their eyes.

We are all equal before the law, but not before those appointed to applyit.

Believers believe in resurrection, atheists only in comebacks.

Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?

People find life entirely too time-consuming.

Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man. But they don't bite everybody.

Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's; and unto human beings, what?

To whom should we marry Freedom, to make it multiply?

Myth is nothing more than ancient gossip.

In order for you to be yourself, you have to be somebody first.

When reasons are weak, attitudes stiffen.

Do not make gods in your own images.

If you do not know his language, you will never understand a foreigner's silence.

Artistic honesty sometimes prevents an artist from being born.

Oh, to know God's private address.

Men have slow reflexes. In general it takes several generations later for them to understand.

Everything is illusion. Even that last sentence.

Never saw the branch you are sittin on, unless they are trying to hang you from it.

I has a dream about reality. It was such a relief to wake up.

An apt aphorism half kills, half immortalizes.

Even Einstein had to rely for his time on his clock.

Perfect imitations must share the fate of the originals.

The first requisite for immortality is death.

Create your own myths; that is how the gods got started.

Advice to writers: Sometimes you just have to stop writing. Even before you begin.

A tired exclamation mark is a question mark.

The spirit of the times can haunt even the atheists.

A fat person lives shorter but eats longer.

I am against using death as a punishment. I am also against using it as a reward.

How many prison years in the years since Christ!

There were grammatical errors even in his silence.

The weakest link in a chain is the strongest because it can break it.

The constitution of a country should not violate the constitutions of its citizens.

What do I believe? I believe in God, if he exists.

The man who bows before the ruler, shows his behind to the courtiers

"Oh to be old again," said a young corpse.

An empty envelope that is sealed contains a secret.

All Gods were immortal.

The consumer's side of the coffin lid is never ostentatious.