Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Quotes

At the beginning there was the Word; at the end just the Cliche.

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

Myth is nothing more than ancient gossip.

Who ever asked theses and antitheses if they want to become syntheses?

The mob shouts with one big mouth and eats with a thousand little ones.

You cannot play the Song of Freedom on an instrument of oppression.

Where a harsh law rules, people yearn for lawlessness.

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

Never saw off the branch you are on, unless you are being hanged from it.

The first condition of immortality is death.

There were grammatical errors even in his silence.

Everything is illusion. Even that last sentence.

Stupidity is no excuse of not thinking.

Never lie when the truth is more profitable.

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

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

People find life entirely too time-consuming.

Proverbs contradict each other. That is the wisdom of a nation.

Each juggler should be trained in the ignorance of the laws of physics.

Sometimes you have to be silent to be heard.

You can close your eyes to reality but not to memories

Some people drop their wings in order to grow a hump

On the top of each peak you are on the edge of the abyss

Many a zero thinks it is the ellipse on which the Earth travels.

Illiterates have to dictate.

If you are not a psychiatrist, stay away from idiots. They are too stupid to pay a layman for his company.

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

Does a little fish, swimming though the net's eye, suffer from inferiority complex?

Politics: a Trojan horse race.

Be yourself. A horse without the lancer is still a horse; a lancer without the horse is just a man.

Many who had been ahead of their time, had to wait for her in very uncomfortable quarters.

There is a dispute about the existence of God. Both sides try to hide that they killed Him - even before He came into being.

There are parodies of non-existent things.

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

Perfect imitations must share the fate of the originals.

A fat person lives shorter but eats longer.

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

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

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

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

Burning stakes do not lighten the darkness.

You can change your faith without changing gods, and vice versa.

Most of the sighs we hear have been edited.

An empty envelope that is sealed contains a secret.

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

Puritans should wear fig leaves on their eyes.

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

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

Oh, to know God's private address.

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