One must explore deep and believe the incredible to find the new particles of truth floating in an ocean of insignificance.
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.
More Joseph Conrad Quotes
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Everything belonged to him–but that was a trifle. The thing to know was what he belonged to, how many powers of darkness claimed him for their own.
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We live as we dream – alone.
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We can never cease to be ourselves.
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I slipped the book into my pocket. I assure you to leave off reading was like tearing myself away from the shelter of an old and solid friendship.
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To be a great autocrat you must be a great barbarian.
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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.
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Follow your bliss. Find where it is and don’t be afraid to follow it.
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A word carries far, very far, deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through space.
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We live in the flicker — may it last as long as the old earth keeps rolling! But darkness was here yesterday.
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I like what is in the work — the chance to find yourself.
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Going home must be like going to render an account.
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The mind of man is capable of anything.
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All a man can betray is his conscience.
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He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense.
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We live as we dream – alone. While the dream disappears, the life continues painfully.
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