Stanisław Jerzy Lec Quotes

I am against using death as a punishment. I am also against using it as a reward.

Do not ask God the way to heaven; he will show you the hardest one.

Es gab einen, der ein halbes Leben an einem Gedanken saß - und die andere Hälfte für diesen Gedanken.

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

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

Wszyscy chcą naszego dobra. Nie dajcie go sobie zabrać.

W walce idei giną ludzie. 

Those who are ahead of their time often have to wait for it in uncomfortable quarters.

Optimists and pessimists differ only on the date of the end of the world.

Hay smells different to lovers and horses.

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

Wszyscy chcą naszego dobra.Nie dajmy go sobie zabrać!

Even the masochists tell everything when tortured. From sheer gratitude.

If one is seeking for Heaven on earth, has slept in geography class.

Oh, to be old again,” said the young corpse.