The discovery of America was the occasion of the greatest outburst of cruelty and reckless greed known in history.
JOSEPH CONRADThe discovery of America was the occasion of the greatest outburst of cruelty and reckless greed known in history.
JOSEPH CONRADGod is for men, and religion for women.
JOSEPH CONRADReality, as usual, beats fiction out of sight.
JOSEPH CONRADThe 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 CONRADThe belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
JOSEPH CONRADI like what is in the work — the chance to find yourself.
JOSEPH CONRADA task, any task, undertaken in an adventurous spirit acquires the merit of romance.
JOSEPH CONRADWords, as is well known, are the great foes of reality.
JOSEPH CONRADAll roads are long which lead to one’s heart’s desire.
JOSEPH CONRADBut it is like a running blaze on a plain, like a flash of lightning in the clouds. We live in the flicker – may it last as long as the old earth keeps rolling!
JOSEPH CONRADIt is my belief no man ever understands quite his own artful dodges to escape from the grim shadow of self knowledge.
JOSEPH CONRADWe can never cease to be ourselves.
JOSEPH CONRADGive me the right word and the right accent and I will move the world.
JOSEPH CONRADNever test another man by your own weakness.
JOSEPH CONRADThe 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 too much.
JOSEPH CONRADFew 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.
JOSEPH CONRAD