All Joseph Conrad Quotes
- A ship in dock, surrounded by quays and the walls of warehouses, has the appearance of a prisoner meditating upon freedom in the sadness of… Appearance
- The terrorist and the policeman both come from the same basket. Basket
- I would not unduly praise the virtue of restraint. It is often merely temperamental. But it is not always a sign of coldness. It may… Coldness
- Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality. I have been for many years a teacher of languages. It is an occupation… Animal
- The Nellie, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest. The flood had made, the wind… Anchor
- Reality, as usual, beats fiction out of sight. Beats
- I remember my youth and the feeling that will never come back any more Any
- [The artist] speaks to our capacity for delight and wonder, to the sense of mystery surrounding our lives; to our sense of pity, and beauty,… All
- A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls into the sea. Born
- There is a subtle and unmistakable touch of love and pride, beyond mere skill, almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which… All
- My task is to make you hear, feel and see. That and no more, and that is everything. Feel
- claiming that the destructive practice of mountaintop removal mining, blowing the tops off mountains to get at the coal beneath, performs the "necessary" function of… Beneath
- The atmosphere of officialdom would kill anything that breathes the air of human endeavour, would extinguish hope and fear alike in the supremacy of paper… Air
- Violence is not a catalyst but a diversion. Catalyst
- It would take too long to explain the intimate alliance of contradictions in human nature which makes love itself wear at times the desperate shape… Alliance
- Egoism , which is the moving force of the world, and altruism , which is its morality , these two contradictory instincts , of which… Alliance
- One wonders that there can be found a man courageous enough to occupy the post. It is a matter of meditation. Having given it a… Conclusion
- Protection is the first necessity of opulence and luxury. First Necessity
- All creative art is magic , is evocation of the unseen in forms persuasive, enlightening, familiar and surprising, for the edification of mankind , pinned… All
- What makes mankind tragic is not that they are the victims of nature, it is that they are conscious of it. Conscious
- For the great mass of mankind the only saving grace that is needed is steady fidelity to what is nearest to hand and heart in… Each
- Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys. Claims
- Facing it, always facing it, that's the way to get through. Face it. Accepting Reality
- Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men. Consists
- Who knows what true loneliness is - not the conventional word but the naked terror? To the lonely themselves it wears a mask. The most… Alone