Stanislaw J. Lec

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

—Stanislaw J. Lec

Advice to writers: Sometimes you just have to stop writing. Even before you begin.

—Stanislaw J. Lec

He who limps is still walking.

—Stanislaw J. Lec

The first condition of immortality is death.

—Stanislaw J. Lec

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

—Stanislaw J. Lec

You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience.

—Stanislaw J. Lec

Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man, but they don't bite everybody.

—Stanislaw J. Lec

The face of the enemy frightens me only when I see how much it resembles mine.

—Stanislaw J. Lec

There are grammatical errors even in his silence.

—Stanislaw J. Lec

People find life entirely too time-consuming.

—Stanislaw J. Lec

All is in the hands of man. Therefore wash them often.

—Stanislaw J. Lec