Quotes by Ryszard Kapuscinski

Ryszard Kapuscinski

Polish foreign correspondent and journalist

Lived from: 1932 - 2007

Category: Media Country: FlagPoland

Born: 4 march 1932 Died: 23 january 2007

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  • When is a crisis reached? When questions arise that can't be answered.
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  • Be careful: they have arms, and no alternatives.
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  • Do not be misled by the fact that you are at liberty and relatively free; that for the moment you are not under lock and key: you have simply been granted a reprieve.
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  • First you destroy those who create values. Then you destroy those who know what the values are, and who also know that those destroyed before were in fact the creators of values. But real barbarism begins when no one can any longer judge or know that what he does is barbaric.
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  • Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.
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  • Our job is like a baker's work - his rolls are tasty as long as they're fresh; after two days they're stale; after a week, they're covered with mould and fit only to be thrown out.
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  • Our salvation is in striving to achieve what we know we'll never achieve.
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  • We follow the mystics. They know where they are going. They, too, go astray, but when they go astray they do so in a way that is mystical, dark, and mysterious.
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  • When man meets an obstacle he can't destroy, he destroys himself.
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What are the most famous quotes from Ryszard Kapuscinski?

The two most famous quotes from Ryszard Kapuscinski are:

  • "When is a crisis reached? When questions arise that can't be answered."
  • "Be careful: they have arms, and no alternatives."

When did Ryszard Kapuscinski live?

Ryszard Kapuscinski was born in 1932 and died in the year 2007.