« All All Quotes · Joseph Conrad's Page
All Quotes by Joseph Conrad
- You can t, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity. It is his clear duty. And least of all…
- In some inland post feel the savagery, the utter savagery, had closed round him--all that mysterious life of the wilderness that stirs in the forest,…
- The word 'ivory' rang in the air, was whispered, was sighed. You would think they were praying to it. A taint of imbecile rapacity blew…
- We owe much to the fruitful meditation of our sages, but a sane view of life is, after all, elaborated mainly in the kitchen.
- All one's work might have been better done; but this is a sort of reflection a worker must put aside courageously if he doesn't mean…
- All creative art is magic, is evocation of the unseen in forms persuasive, enlightening, familiar and surprising.
- The revolutionary spirit is mighty convenient in this, that it frees one from all scruples as regards ideas. Its hard absolute optimism is repulsive to…
- All a man can betray is his conscience.
- The sea never changes and its works, for all the talks of men, are wrapped in mystery.
- The revolutionary spirit is mighty convenient in this, that it frees one from all scruples as regards ideas.
- [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,…
- 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 creative art is magic , is evocation of the unseen in forms persuasive, enlightening, familiar and surprising, for the edification of mankind , pinned…
- I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps only some formula of peace.
- They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is…
- All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.
- For all that has been said of the love that certain natures (on shore) have professed for it, for all the celebrations it has been…
- My task, which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel--it is,…
- Of all the inanimate objects, of all men's creations, books are the nearest to us for they contain our very thoughts, our ambitions, our indignations,…
- My task which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel —…
- Youth is insolent; it is its right – its necessity; it has got to assert itself, and all assertion in this world of doubts is…
- There is something haunting in the light of the moon; it has all the dispassionateness of a disembodied soul, and something of its inconceivable mystery.
- I remember my youth and the feeling that will never come back any more /the feeling that I could last for ever, outlast the sea,…
- He hated all this, and somehow he couldn't get away.
- She feared the unknown as we all do, and her ignorance made the unknown infinitely vast.
More All Quotes
- Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise. — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are… — Hannah Arendt
- The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to… — Hannah Arendt
- Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and… — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- A friend to all is a friend to none. — Aristotle