Quotes by Kapuscinski, Ryszard

When man meets an obstacle he can't destroy, he destroys himself. >>

Our salvation is in striving to achieve what we know we'll never achie >>

Our job is like a baker's work -- his rolls are tasty as long as they' >>

Quotations about Survival

The values by which we are to survive are not rules for just and unjus >>

Nature is indifferent to the survival of the human species, including >>

I believe that all the survivors are mad. One time or another their ma >>

A population weakened and exhausted by battling against so many obstacles -- whose needs are never satisfied and desires never fulfilled -- is vulnerable to manipulation and regimentation. The struggle for survival is, above all, an exercise that is hugely time-consuming, absorbing and debilitating. If you create these anti-conditions, your rule is guaranteed for a hundred years.

Kapuscinski, Ryszard