All Joseph Conrad Quotes
- 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
- 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