Everything is in your hands – often my hands!

Civilization is created by idiots, and the rest are crushed.

War is the worst way to learn about a foreign culture.

A politician should not be too smart. A very clever politician sees that most of the tasks he faces are completely insoluble.

The road to the stars leads through years of imprisonment. Astronomy smells of prison.

The essence of old age is to gain experience that cannot be exploited.
Stanislav Lem