Stanislaw Lec Quotes

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

Value your words. Each one may be the last.

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

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

The first requisite for immortality is death.

Telling lies does not work in advertising.

Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.

People find life entirely too time-consuming.

Never lie when the truth is more profitable.

Mankind deserves sacrifice - but not of mankind.

When smashing monuments, save the pedestals - they always come in handy.

The pleasure of reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.

Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?

You can close your eyes to reality but not to memories.

In a war of ideas it is people who get killed.

First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don't come, I choose the ones that pay the rent.

Don't trust the heart, it wants your blood.

You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience.

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

When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.