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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryszard-kapuscinski/a-population-weakened-and-exhausted-by-battling-against-so-many/)

[Ryszard Kapuscinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryszard-kapuscinski/)

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> [There aren't many such enthusiasts born. The average person is not especially curious about the world. He is alive, and being somehow obliged to deal with this condition, feels the less effort it requires, the better. Whereas learning about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryszard-kapuscinski/there-aren-t-many-such-enthusiasts-born-the-average-person-is-not/)

[Ryszard Kapuscinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryszard-kapuscinski/)

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## More by Ryszard Kapuscinski

> [We have such a mixture now, such a fusion of different genres.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryszard-kapuscinski/we-have-such-a-mixture-now-such-a-fusion-of-different-genres/)

[Ryszard Kapuscinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryszard-kapuscinski/)

> [The official independence celebration was going to be held over four or five days, and a group of journalists from all over the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryszard-kapuscinski/the-official-independence-celebration-was-going-to-be-held-over-four/)

[Ryszard Kapuscinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryszard-kapuscinski/)

> [“Here is an oral tradition, legends passed from mouth to mouth, a communal myth created invariably at the base of the mango tree in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryszard-kapuscinski/here-is-an-oral-tradition-legends-passed-from-mouth-to-mouth-a/)

[Ryszard Kapuściński](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryszard-kapuscinski/)

> [He killed his enemies because he was afraid they would kill him. Amin ordered entire tribes to be put to death, because he feared…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryszard-kapuscinski/he-killed-his-enemies-because-he-was-afraid-they-would-kill-him-amin/)

[Ryszard Kapuscinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryszard-kapuscinski/)

> [Money changes all the iron rules into rubber bands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryszard-kapuscinski/money-changes-all-the-iron-rules-into-rubber-bands/)

[Ryszard Kapuscinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryszard-kapuscinski/)

> [More than anything, one is struck by the light. Light everywhere. Brightness everywhere. Everywhere, the sun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryszard-kapuscinski/more-than-anything-one-is-struck-by-the-light-light-everywhere/)

[Ryszard Kapuscinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryszard-kapuscinski/)

> [The Cold War in Africa is one of the darkest, most disgraceful pages in contemporary history, and everybody ought to be ashamed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryszard-kapuscinski/the-cold-war-in-africa-is-one-of-the-darkest-most-disgraceful-pages/)

[Ryszard Kapuscinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryszard-kapuscinski/)

> [Our salvation is in striving to achieve what we know we'll never achieve.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryszard-kapuscinski/our-salvation-is-in-striving-to-achieve-what-we-know-we-ll-never/)

[Ryszard Kapuscinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryszard-kapuscinski/)

> [I remember in 1978 meeting two Ugandan captains in the hotel talking Russian. They had been educated in Moscow and since they came from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryszard-kapuscinski/i-remember-in-1978-meeting-two-ugandan-captains-in-the-hotel-talking/)

[Ryszard Kapuscinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryszard-kapuscinski/)

> [How do cultures differ from one another? Above all, in their customs. Tell me how you dress, how you act, what are your habits,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryszard-kapuscinski/how-do-cultures-differ-from-one-another-above-all-in-their-customs/)

[Ryszard Kapuscinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryszard-kapuscinski/)

> [“on war and conquest: in the realm of human affairs one also needs a pretext. it is important to give it the rank of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryszard-kapuscinski/on-war-and-conquest-in-the-realm-of-human-affairs-one-also-needs-a/)

[Ryszard Kapuscinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryszard-kapuscinski/)

> [In the tropics the white feels weakened, or downright weak, whence comes the heightened tendency to outbursts of aggression. People who are polite, modest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryszard-kapuscinski/in-the-tropics-the-white-feels-weakened-or-downright-weak-whence/)

[Ryszard Kapuscinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryszard-kapuscinski/)

> [Pack the one bag. Unpack it, pack it, unpack it, pack it: passeport, ticket, book, taxi, airport, check-in, beer, announcement, stairs, airplane, fasten seat-belt,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryszard-kapuscinski/pack-the-one-bag-unpack-it-pack-it-unpack-it-pack-it-passeport-ticket/)

[Ryszard Kapuscinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryszard-kapuscinski/)

> [Do not be misled by the fact that you are at liberty and relatively free; that for the moment you are not under lock…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryszard-kapuscinski/do-not-be-misled-by-the-fact-that-you-are-at-liberty-and-relatively/)

[Ryszard Kapuscinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryszard-kapuscinski/)

> [I'll tell you what colonial experience is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryszard-kapuscinski/i-ll-tell-you-what-colonial-experience-is/)

[Ryszard Kapuscinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryszard-kapuscinski/)

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