Quotations of selected author

Kazimierz Matan

The founder of this site. In a fit of inspiration he sometimes creates an aphorism.


1. "Who says what he should, does not say what he thinks."

categories: Truth and Falsity -:- Various


2. "Virtual reality is to the real world as preservatives to the food."

categories: Reality and Imagination -:- Various


3. "To love and not be able to be together is like to ride in different cars on adjacent lanes - we ride side by side, we look to the windows of our cars, we smile at each other, but we can not change."

categories: Love


4. "To let someone speak and to listen to it - these are two entirely different questions."

categories: Oration and Silence


5. "To grow you need to understand that the most important word in the world is not the word "me"."

categories: Egoism -:- Human -:- Youth and Age


6. "There is no true justice. There is only relevant Ministry."

categories: Justice


7. "The weakness of psychiatry is that the doctor considers himself to be healthier than the patient."

categories: Health and Alcohol -:- Various


8. "The truth lies where it should, but we are looking for it all the wrong places."

categories: Truth and Falsity



9. "Sometimes it keeps us alive hope, sometimes habit, and sometimes fear. In the first case this is life, in the other vegetation, in the third hell."

categories: Bravery and Fear -:- Life and Death -:- Optimism and Hope


10. "Some people live as if Copernicus did not exist - they think that everything revolves around them. "

categories: Egoism -:- Human


11. "Sex is a trap set by nature to ensure the survival of our species."

categories: Human -:- Love -:- Nature and Animals


12. "Realists suffer more because they realize more reasons for suffering."

categories: Pain and Tears -:- Reality and Imagination


13. "Nothing joins two people as much as a joint mortgage."

categories: Human -:- Richness and Money


14. "Nature is the only murderer who is not convicted."

categories: Law and Crime -:- Nature and Animals


15. "Marriage is like a big transformer - it turns a high voltage of love into a weak current of everyday life."

categories: Love -:- Marriage


16. "Man without a woman is a mirror in which no one is looking. A woman without a man is a reflection that does not have its mirror."

categories: Woman and Man


17. "Man without a woman is a field full of weeds."

categories: Woman and Man


18. "Man is the result of God's experiments with artificial intelligence."

categories: God and Religion -:- Human


19. "Man is designed as a perfect device. However, some copies behave as if the manufacturer has forgotten to connect them with all the circuits."

categories: Defeates and Mistakes -:- Human



20. "Life is an equation with an infinite number of unknowns."

categories: Life and Death


21. "Life is a jar, where the honey is just a thin layer on top."

categories: Bravery and Fear -:- Life and Death


22. "Life gives you a kick and then with a smile, asks: Is there too much it hurt?"

categories: Life and Death -:- Pain and Tears


23. "Journalists are pleasant people who ask unpleasant questions."

categories: Various


24. "If there is no God, man is most unfortunate freak of nature. "

categories: God and Religion -:- Human -:- Nature and Animals


25. "Hope is our life anesthesia."

categories: Life and Death -:- Optimism and Hope


26. "Hell is different from purgatory - just a lack of exit doors."

categories: Pain and Tears -:- Various


27. "Gray is a cover, which hides the colors."

categories: Nature and Animals -:- Various


28. "Eternity is the time required to visit every area of the universe."

categories: Time and Passing


29. "Despair is the shortest road to disaster."

categories: Defeates and Mistakes -:- Pain and Tears -:- Optimism and Hope


30. "Death is the station, where we have to change to the next train. The appearance of the vehicle is changed, but our journey continues."

categories: Life and Death



31. "Common sense is unhealthy for dreams."

categories: Dreams and Desires -:- Intellect, Judgement


32. "Clear sky is bigger than the largest rain clouds."

categories: Nature and Animals -:- Optimism and Hope


33. "Before the wedding we want to love. After the wedding we have to."

categories: Love -:- Marriage


34. "Aphorism is a phrase that, after removal of context, retains all its meaning, and even gaining a new one."

categories: Art and Culture -:- Various


35. "Aphorism - a grain of wisdom in the shell of words."

categories: Art and Culture -:- Various


36. "Anyone who has children is not the master of his own time."

categories: Family and Loneliness -:- Time and Passing


37. "A sweetheart is like a big rectifier - she turns AC of loneliness to DC of love."

categories: Love


38. "A good compliment is a truth, but presented in a favorable light."

categories: Manners and Ethics -:- Truth and Falsity


39. ""Me", "Myself" and "Mine" - Holy Trinity of selfishness."

categories: Egoism