Reality, as usual, beats fiction out of sight.
JOSEPH CONRADIn order to move others deeply we must deliberately allow ourselves to be carried away beyond the bounds of our normal sensibility.
More Joseph Conrad Quotes
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All a man can betray is his conscience.
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It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog.
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One must explore deep and believe the incredible to find the new particles of truth floating in an ocean of insignificance.
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The scrupulous and the just, the noble, humane, and devoted natures; the unselfish and the intelligent may begin a movement – but it passes away from them. They are not the leaders of a revolution. They are its victims.
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A task, any task, undertaken in an adventurous spirit acquires the merit of romance.
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Few men realize that their life, the very essence of their character, their capabilities and their audacities, are only the expression of their belief in the safety of their surroundings.
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Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life.
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If you don’t make mistakes, you don’t make anything .
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Your strength is just an accident owed to the weakness of others.
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The ethical view of the universe involves us in so many cruel and absurd contradictions that I have come to suspect that the aim of creation cannot be ethical at all.
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We can never cease to be ourselves.
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Facing it, always facing it, that’s the way to get through. Face it.
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We live as we dream – alone. While the dream disappears, the life continues painfully.
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All roads are long which lead to one’s heart’s desire.
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Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line.
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