A certain simplicity of thought is common to serene souls at both ends of the social scale.
JOSEPH CONRADI take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps only some formula of peace.
More Joseph Conrad Quotes
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We live as we dream – alone.
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It is my belief no man ever understands quite his own artful dodges to escape from the grim shadow of self knowledge.
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Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality.
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Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.
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Everything can be found at sea according to the spirit of your quest.
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I am afraid that if you want to go down into history you’ll have to do something for it.
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It occurred to me that my speech or my silence, indeed any action of mine, would be a mere futility.
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Follow your bliss. Find where it is and don’t be afraid to follow it.
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The human heart is vast enough to contain all the world.
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The mind of man is capable of anything.
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I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps only some formula of peace.
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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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It would take too long to explain the intimate alliance of contradictions in human nature which makes love itself wear at times the desperate shape of betrayal. And perhaps there is no possible explanation.
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Everybody had to be thoroughly understood before being accepted.
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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.
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What makes mankind tragic is not that they are the victims of nature, it is that they are conscious of it.
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The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
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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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I don’t like work but I like what is in work – the chance to find yourself. Your own reality – for yourself, not for others – which no other man can ever know.
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I always went my own road and on my own legs where I had a mind to go.
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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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Never test another man by your own weakness.
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They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force–nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others.
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I like what is in the work — the chance to find yourself.
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We live as we dream – alone. While the dream disappears, the life continues painfully.
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As a general rule, a reputation is built on manner as much as on achievement.
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