S J Lec Quotes & Sayings

Don't trust the heart, it wants your blood. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

Impartiality is not neutrality. It is partiality for justice. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

Do I believe? God only knows. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

We understand everything; that is why we understand nothing. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

Even his ignorance is encyclopedic. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

Do not make gods in your own images. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

Create your own myths; that is how the gods got started. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

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

A man who is a genius and doesn't know it, probably isn't. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

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

Believers believe in resurrection, atheists only in comebacks. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

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

Perfect imitations must share the fate of the originals. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

Some like to understand what they believe in. Others like to believe in what they understand — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

Do not turn your back on anyone. You may be painted on one side only. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

A sweet thing, perspective - a chance to see your enemies so small. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

A tired exclamation mark is a question mark. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

All Gods were immortal. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

Stupidity is no excuse of not thinking. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

At the beginning there was the Word; at the end just the Cliche. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

The moment of recognizing your own lack of talent is a flash of genius. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

The weakest link in a chain is the strongest because it can break it. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

Morality is either a social contract or you have to pay cash. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

The spirit of the times can haunt even the atheists. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

Man is fatally slow on the uptake; it always takes him until the next generation to understand what's going on. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

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

Everything is illusion. Even that last sentence. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

Do I have no soul as punishment for not believing in the soul? — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

He who limps is still walking. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

Every scarecrow has a secret ambition to terrorize. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec