When I saw him calmly crossing the threshold of our house, together with Krzysztof Morstin, and greeting my parents with a smile, the traits of his personality, which I had deduced from his photographs, were confirmed and, after the first quarter of an hour of conversation, harmoniously completed his image: a man exuding calm, with a unique sense of humour, impeccable manners and expressing himself in beautiful Polish. 

Having contact with him over the years, I became increasingly impressed with his fidelity to the ideals of freedom and integrity and with his courage, as evidenced at every turn by his attitude during the most difficult moments in the history of the Polish People’s Republic. I admired that. Zygmunt lived and breathed the affairs of our country without succumbing to emotion and never followed the voice of fanatical zealots until he himself was convinced that a decision was right. His views were incredibly sensible as was his detachment, as it were, which was not without irony at times.

For me he was one of those people radiating wisdom and culture and creating an impression that the world was, in fact, better than it seemed. By defending fundamental, humanistic values, he became a moral authority and a point of reference for many of us.

^{Fragments of interviews conducted by Beata Bolesławska-Lewandowska. 
and included in the book Mycielski. Szlachectwo zobowiązuje, Kraków 2018. 
Selected by the author.}