Quotes by Joseph Conrad

A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls into the sea. If he tries to climb out into the air as inexperienced people endeavor to do, he drowns. (Joseph Conrad)

A mans most open actions have a secret side to them. (Joseph Conrad)

All a man can betray is his conscience. (Joseph Conrad)

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task since it consists principally in dealing with men. (Joseph Conrad)

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men. (Joseph Conrad)

But the truth was that he died from solitude, the enemy known but to few on this Earth, and whom only the simplest of us are fit to withstand. The brilliant Costaguanaro of the boulevards had died from solitude and want of faith in himself and others. (Joseph Conrad)

Facing it, always facing it, thats the way to get through. Face it. (Joseph Conrad)

For the great mass of mankind, the only saving grace needed is a steady fidelity to what is nearest to hand and heart for the short moment of each human effort. (Joseph Conrad)

Having had to encounter single-handed during his period of eclipse many physical dangers, he was well aware of the most dangerous element common to them all: of the crushing, paralysing sense of human littleness, which is what really defeats a human struggling with natural forces, alone, far from the eyes of his fellows. (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)