One can accomplish something only so long as one cannot acc… - Stanisław Lem

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

Stanisław Lem

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About Stanisław Lem

Stanisław Lem (12 September 1921 – 27 March 2006) was a Polish satirical, philosophical, and science fiction writer.

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Alternative Names: Stanislav Lem

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Evolution is, as an engineer, an opportunist, not a perfectionist.

¿Sabes, por casualidad, si existió alguna vez una fe en un dios… imperfecto?(...) Es el único dios en el que yo podría creer, un dios cuya pasión no es una redención, un dios que no salva nada, que no sirve para nada: un dios que simplemente es.

Man does not create gods, in spite of appearances. The times, the age, impose them on him. (tr. by Joanna Kilmartin and Steve Cox)

One can accomplish something only so long as one cannot accomplish everything. - Stanisław Lem

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