More Tales of Pirx the Pilot Quotes

“Want to hear my favorite definition of a human? A creature who likes to talk most about what he knows least.”
― Stanisław Lem, More Tales of Pirx the Pilot

“What hasn’t been achieved by now will never be; and one has to reconcile oneself to this fact, quietly, fearlessly, and, if possible, without despair.”
― Stanisław Lem, More Tales of Pirx the Pilot

“In his late thirties, pushing forty: the shadow line. Time to accept the terms of the unsigned contract, there without the asking; the knowledge that what binds others applies to you, too, that there are no exceptions to the rule: though it was contrary to nature, one had to grow old.”
― Stanisław Lem, More Tales of Pirx the Pilot

“Pirx had long ago observed that a man could be judged better by his behavior toward robots than toward his fellow man.”
― Stanisław Lem, More Tales of Pirx the Pilot