That human existence should repeat itself, well and good, but that it should repeat itself like a hackneyed tune, or a record a drunkard keeps playing as he feeds coins into the jukebox...
Stanislaw LemIt is not good for a man to be too cognizant of his physical and spiritual mechanisms. Complete knowledge reveals limits to human possibilities, and the less a man is by nature limited in his purposes, the less he can tolerate limits.
Stanislaw LemI do not like the way people use the more and more magnificent fruits of technology to their filthy deeds.
Stanislaw LemBurn with that consuming fire of objectivity that forces a man to renew efforts that are doomed to failure.
Stanislaw Lem