Stanislaw Lem > Quotes

“We observe a fraction of the process, like hearing the vibration of a single string in an orchestra of supergiants. We know, but cannot grasp, that above and below, beyond the limits of perception or imagination, thousands and millions of simultaneous transformations are at work, interlinked like a musical score by mathematical counterpoint. It has been described as a symphony in geometry, but we lack the ears to hear it.”
― Stanislaw Lem, BOZZA: Solaris

“Indeed, every civilization that engages in intellectronics strives for nothing else but to construct some Omniac, which, in Its infinite mercy, might rectify the currents of evil and plot the path of righteousness and true wisdom.”
― Stanislaw Lem

“(...), the prisoner of a gigantic vortex of mental currents created and confined in the depths of this monster revolving between two suns.”
― Stanislaw Lem, BOZZA: Solaris

“... e tuttavia continuavo a credere fermamente che il tempo dei miracoli crudeli non fosse finito.”
― Stanislaw Lem, BOZZA: Solaris

“He knew that none of the scientists would be capable of sharing his feelings, but now he wished to go back not only as a messenger bearing news of the destruction of the missing men, but also as a person who would demand that the planet be left alone. Not everything everywhere is for us, he thought as he walked slowly downhill.”
― Stanislaw Lem