--- title: "1 Cultural Norms Quotes By Stanisław Lem" description: "1 Cultural Norms quotes by Stanisław Lem. Plus more from Stanisław Lem and more Cultural Norms sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3dc/stanis-aw-lem-7489_books_as-more-and-more-norms-disappear-from-so_1478329.jpg" --- > [“As more and more norms disappear from social praxis, literature faces ever-growing difficulties. Its predicament is beginning to resemble that of a child who has discovered that his incredibly understanding parents will let him break with impunity all his toys,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanis-aw-lem/as-more-and-more-norms-disappear-from-social-praxis-literature-faces/) [Stanisław Lem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanis-aw-lem/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3dc/stanis-aw-lem-7489_books_as-more-and-more-norms-disappear-from-so_1478329.jpg) ## More by Stanisław Lem > [“We take off into the cosmos, ready for anything: for solitude, for hardship, for exhaustion, death. Modesty forbids us to say so, but there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanis-aw-lem/we-take-off-into-the-cosmos-ready-for-anything-for-solitude-for/) [Stanisław Lem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanis-aw-lem/) > [“It might hear us. But what's its name? We have named all the stars and all the planets, even though they might already have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanis-aw-lem/it-might-hear-us-but-what-s-its-name-we-have-named-all-the-stars-and/) [Stanisław Lem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanis-aw-lem/) > [“We came here as we truly are, and when the other side shows us that truth—the part of it we pass over in silence—we’re…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanis-aw-lem/we-came-here-as-we-truly-are-and-when-the-other-side-shows-us-that/) [Stanisław Lem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanis-aw-lem/) > [“It's true that even though I'm a world unto myself, I've just a speck of dust in the avalanche of events. But nothing will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanis-aw-lem/it-s-true-that-even-though-i-m-a-world-unto-myself-i-ve-just-a-speck/) [Stanisław Lem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanis-aw-lem/) > [“maybe he fought it off and forgot about it, and he wasn’t afraid, because he knew he’d never carry it out. Right, but now,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanis-aw-lem/maybe-he-fought-it-off-and-forgot-about-it-and-he-wasn-t-afraid/) [Stanisław Lem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanis-aw-lem/) > [“The human mind is only capable of absorbing a few things at a time. We see what is taking place in front of us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanis-aw-lem/the-human-mind-is-only-capable-of-absorbing-a-few-things-at-a-time-we/) [Stanisław Lem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanis-aw-lem/) > [“I don't think anything can behave as unintelligently as intelligence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanis-aw-lem/i-don-t-think-anything-can-behave-as-unintelligently-as-intelligence/) [Stanisław Lem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanis-aw-lem/) > [“Not that this deterred him and his friend Klapaucius from further experimentation, which showed that the extent of a dragon's existence depends mainly on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanis-aw-lem/not-that-this-deterred-him-and-his-friend-klapaucius-from-further/) [Stanisław Lem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanis-aw-lem/) > [“A man craves ultimate truths. Every mortal mind, I think, is that way. But what is ultimate truth? It's the end of the road,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanis-aw-lem/a-man-craves-ultimate-truths-every-mortal-mind-i-think-is-that-way/) [Stanisław Lem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanis-aw-lem/) > [“Was it possible for thought to exist without consciousness?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanis-aw-lem/was-it-possible-for-thought-to-exist-without-consciousness/) [Stanisław Lem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanis-aw-lem/) > [“Evolution is, as an engineer, an opportunist, not a perfectionist.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanis-aw-lem/evolution-is-as-an-engineer-an-opportunist-not-a-perfectionist/) [Stanisław Lem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanis-aw-lem/) > [“I didn’t believe for a minute that this liquid colossus, which had brought about the death of hundreds of humans within itself, with which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanis-aw-lem/i-didn-t-believe-for-a-minute-that-this-liquid-colossus-which-had/) [Stanisław Lem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanis-aw-lem/) > [“Such labor follows in the steps of Freud, who has become the Ptolemy of psychology, for now, with him, anyone can explain human phenomena,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanis-aw-lem/such-labor-follows-in-the-steps-of-freud-who-has-become-the-ptolemy/) [Stanisław Lem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanis-aw-lem/) > [“One of the most incredible secrets of science fiction (although one not too closely guarded) is the fact that 99 percent of its authors…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanis-aw-lem/one-of-the-most-incredible-secrets-of-science-fiction-although-one/) [Stanisław Lem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanis-aw-lem/) > [“Ants that encounter in their path a dead philosopher may make good use of him.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanis-aw-lem/ants-that-encounter-in-their-path-a-dead-philosopher-may-make-good/) [Stanisław Lem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanis-aw-lem/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cultural-norms/stanis-aw-lem/#itemlist", "name": "1 Cultural Norms Quotes By Stanisław Lem", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“As more and more norms disappear from social praxis, literature faces ever-growing difficulties. 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