A word carries far, very far, deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through space.
JOSEPH CONRADHe 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.
More Joseph Conrad Quotes
-
-
All creative art is magic, is evocation of the unseen in forms persuasive, enlightening, familiar and surprising.
JOSEPH CONRAD -
Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.
JOSEPH CONRAD -
Kisses are the remnants of paradise.
JOSEPH CONRAD -
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.
JOSEPH CONRAD -
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.
JOSEPH CONRAD -
Everybody had to be thoroughly understood before being accepted.
JOSEPH CONRAD -
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.
JOSEPH CONRAD -
Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys.
JOSEPH CONRAD -
Perhaps life is just that- a dream and a fear.
JOSEPH CONRAD -
I am afraid that if you want to go down into history you’ll have to do something for it.
JOSEPH CONRAD -
It is my belief no man ever understands quite his own artful dodges to escape from the grim shadow of self knowledge.
JOSEPH CONRAD -
Everything can be found at sea according to the spirit of your quest.
JOSEPH CONRAD -
We live as we dream – alone. While the dream disappears, the life continues painfully.
JOSEPH CONRAD -
There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.
JOSEPH CONRAD -
The discovery of America was the occasion of the greatest outburst of cruelty and reckless greed known in history.
JOSEPH CONRAD