"A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls into the sea. If he tries to climb out into the air as inexperienced people endeavor to do, he drowns." ~Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)
"Each blade of grass has its spot on earth whence it draws its life, its strength; and so is man rooted to the land from which he draws his faith together with his life." ~Joseph Conrad
"God is for men and religion is for women." ~Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)
"I dare say I am compelled, unconsciously compelled, now to write volume after volume, as in past years I was compelled to go to sea, voyage after voyage. Leaves must follow upon each other as leagues used to follow in the days gone by, on and on to the appointed end, which, being truth itself, is one—one for all men and for all occupations." ~Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)
"It is when we try to grapple with other men's intimate needs that we perceive how incomprehensible are the beings that share with us the sight of the stars and the warmth of the sun." ~Joseph Conrad
"It is very difficult to be wholly joyous or wholly sad on this earth. The comic, when it is human, soon takes upon itself a face of pain; and some of our grieves have their source in weaknesses which must be recognized with smiling compassion as the common inheritance of us all." ~Joseph Conrad
“Madness alone is truly terrifying, inasmuch as you cannot placate it by threats, persuasion, or bribes.” ~Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent (Everyman's Library)
“The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.” ~Joseph Conrad, Under Western Eyes from Everyman's Library
"The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it." ~Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)
"The mind of man is capable of anything - because everything is in it, all the past as well as the future." ~Joseph Conrad (1875-1924)
"The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind." ~Joseph Conrad,
1857-1924, Polish-born British Novelist
"The sea never changes and its works, for all the talk of men, are wrapped in mystery." ~from "Typhoon" by Joseph Conrad
"The sea—this truth must be confessed—has no generosity. No display of manly qualities—courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness—has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power." ~Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)
“The true peace of God begins at any spot a thousand miles from the nearest land.” ~Joseph Conrad
“There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.” ~Joseph Conrad
"What is a novel if not a conviction of our fellow-men's existence strong enough to take upon itself a form of imagined life clearer than reality and whose accumulated verisimilitude of selected episodes puts to shame the pride of documentary history." ~Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)
"When he stepped off the straight and narrow path of his peculiar honesty, it was with an inward assertion of unflinching resolve to fall back again into the monotonous but safe stride of virtue as soon as his little excursion into the wayside quagmires had produced the desired effect." ~Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)
"Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality.” ~Joseph Conrad, Under Western Eyes
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"The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind." ~Joseph Conrad,
1857-1924, Polish-born British Novelist
"The sea never changes and its works, for all the talk of men, are wrapped in mystery." ~from "Typhoon" by Joseph Conrad
"The sea—this truth must be confessed—has no generosity. No display of manly qualities—courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness—has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power." ~Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)
“The true peace of God begins at any spot a thousand miles from the nearest land.” ~Joseph Conrad
“There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.” ~Joseph Conrad
"What is a novel if not a conviction of our fellow-men's existence strong enough to take upon itself a form of imagined life clearer than reality and whose accumulated verisimilitude of selected episodes puts to shame the pride of documentary history." ~Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)
"When he stepped off the straight and narrow path of his peculiar honesty, it was with an inward assertion of unflinching resolve to fall back again into the monotonous but safe stride of virtue as soon as his little excursion into the wayside quagmires had produced the desired effect." ~Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)
"Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality.” ~Joseph Conrad, Under Western Eyes
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