Truth Quote by Stanisław Lem — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“One can accomplish something only so long as one cannot accomplish everything.”

“Each of us is aware he's a material being, subject to the laws of physiology and physics, and that the strength of all our emotions combined cannot counteract those laws. It can only hate them. The eternal belief of lovers and poets in the power of love which is more enduring that death, the finis vitae sed non amoris that has pursued us through the centuries is a lie. But this lie is not ridiculous, it's simply futile. To be a clock on the other hand, measuring the passage of time, one that is smashed and rebuilt over and again, one in whose mechanism despair and love are set in motion by the watchmaker along with the first movements of the cogs. To know one is a repeater of suffering felt ever more deeply as it becomes increasingly comical through a multiple repetitions. To replay human existence - fine. But to replay it in the way a drunk replays a corny tune pushing coins over and over into the jukebox?”

“Tell me something. Do you believe in God?'”

“What gave you this idea of an imperfect god?'”

“I think the discomfort that some people feel in going to the monkey cages at the zoo is a warning sign.”

“He should be happy because he can think about the unhappiness of others!”

“...even a tiny bit of deceit is dishonorable when it's used for selfish or cowardly reasons.”

“Eyes shows lies.”

“Mathematics and poetry are the two ways to drink the beauty of truth.”

“Do not accept anything as love which lacks truth.”