All Joseph Conrad Quotes
- The interior deprives men of their senses. Here, the eerie stillness of the wilderness and the darkness of night render the men both deaf and… Blind
- The artist appeals to that part of our being which is not dependent on wisdom; to that in us which is a gift and not… Acquisition
- Fiction is history, human history, or it is nothing. Fiction
- Society was calling to its accomplished child to come, to be taken care of, to be instructed, to be judged, to be condemned; it called… Accomplished
- The mysteries of a universe made of drops of fire and clods of mud do not concern us in the least. The fate of humanity… Anxious
- The condemned social order has not been built up on paper and ink, and I don't fancy that a combination of paper and ink will… Been
- We are snared into doing things for which we get called names, and things for which we get hanged, and yet the spirit may well… Called
- The artist appeals to that part of our being...which is a gift and not an acquisition - and, therefore, more permanently enduring. Acquisition
- The artist in his calling of interpreter creates because he must. He is so much of a voice that, for him, silence is like death Artist
- The vision seemed to enter the house with me-the stretcher, the phantom-bearers, the wild crowd of obedient worshippers, the gloom of the forests, the glitter… Bearers
- In the empty immensity of earth, sky, and water, there she was, incomprehensible, firing into a continent. Continent
- It occurred to me that my speech or my silence, indeed any action of mine, would be a mere futility. Action
- I can't imagine a human being so hard up for something to do as to quarrel with me. Hard
- Lights of ships moved in the fairway-a great stir of lights going up and going down. And farther west on the upper reaches the place… Brooding
- A certain simplicity of thought is common to serene souls at both ends of the social scale. Both
- For a bag of pepper, they could cut each other's throats without hesitation, and would forswear their souls... The bizarre obstinacy of that desire made… Bag
- The sea never changes and its works, for all the talks of men, are wrapped in mystery. All
- There is a kind way of assisting our fellow-creatures which is enough to break their hearts while it saves their outer envelope. Assisting
- Danger lies in the writer becoming the victim of his own exaggeration, losing the exact notion of sincerity, and in the end coming to despise… Becoming
- It is not Justice the servant of men, but accident, hazard, Fortune-the ally of patient Time-that holds an even and scrupulous balance. Accident
- The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind. Breach
- Some of us, regarding the ocean with understanding and affection, have seen it looking old, as if the immemorial ages had been stirred up from… Affection
- To be a great autocrat you must be a great barbarian. Autocrat
- The revolutionary spirit is mighty convenient in this, that it frees one from all scruples as regards ideas. All
- Nowhere else than upon the sea do the days, weeks, and months fall away quicker into the past. They seem to be left astern as… Air