Stanislaw Lem

“Good books tell the truth, even when they're about things that never have been and never will be. They're truthful in a different way.”

“Faith is, at one and the same time, absolutely necessary and altogether impossible.”

“Wandering across the vast room, I stopped at a set of shelves as high as the ceiling, and holding about six hundred volumes - all classics on the history of Soalris, starting with the nine v...”

“No one reads; if someone does read, he doesn't understand; if he understands, he immediately forgets.”

“Cannibals prefer those who have no spines.”

“Where do consequences lead? Depends on the escort.”

“A dream will always triumph over reality, once it is given the chance.”