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Ryszard Kapuscinski Quotes

Literature seemed to be everything then. People looked to it for the strength to live, for guidance, for revelation Picture Quote #1

In reference to Persepolis and all palaces, cities and temples of the past: could these wonders have come into being without that suffering? without the overseer’s whip, the slave’s fear, the ruler’s vanity? was not the monumentality of past epochs created by that which is negative and evil in man? Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

In a society of little economic development, universal inactivity accompanies universal poverty. You survive not by struggling against nature, or by increasing production, or by relentless labor; instead you survive by expending as little energy as possible, by striving constantly to achieve a state of immobility Picture Quote #1

The extent of one man’s guilt may be defined by how much of it is experienced by the party he injured Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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This is the most intimate relationship between literature and its readers: they treat the text as a part of themselves, as a possession Picture Quote #1

My writing is a combination of three elements. The first is travel: not travel like a tourist, but travel as exploration. The second is reading literature on the subject. The third is reflection Picture Quote #1

He killed his enemies because he was afraid they would kill him. Amin ordered entire tribes to be put to death, because he feared they would rebel Picture Quote #1

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Literature seemed to be everything then. People looked to it for the strength to live, for guidance, for revelation (Ryszard Kapuscinski Quotes) In reference to Persepolis and all palaces, cities and temples of the past: could these wonders have come into being without that suffering? without the overseer’s whip, the slave’s fear, the ruler’s vanity? was not the monumentality of past epochs created by that which is negative and evil in man? (Ryszard Kapuscinski Quotes) 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 (Ryszard Kapuscinski Quotes) In a society of little economic development, universal inactivity accompanies universal poverty. You survive not by struggling against nature, or by increasing production, or by relentless labor; instead you survive by expending as little energy as possible, by striving constantly to achieve a state of immobility (Ryszard Kapuscinski Quotes) The extent of one man’s guilt may be defined by how much of it is experienced by the party he injured (Ryszard Kapuscinski Quotes) 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 (Ryszard Kapuscinski Quotes) This is the most intimate relationship between literature and its readers: they treat the text as a part of themselves, as a possession (Ryszard Kapuscinski Quotes) My writing is a combination of three elements. The first is travel: not travel like a tourist, but travel as exploration. The second is reading literature on the subject. The third is reflection (Ryszard Kapuscinski Quotes) He killed his enemies because he was afraid they would kill him. Amin ordered entire tribes to be put to death, because he feared they would rebel (Ryszard Kapuscinski Quotes)

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