Joseph Conrad Quotes

The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness.

I like what is in the work -- the chance to find yourself.

The mind of man is capable of anything.

The question is not how to get cured, but how to live.

There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than life at sea.

Art is long and life is short, and success is very far off.

It is to be remarked that a good many people are born curiously unfitted for the fate waiting them on this earth.

I always went my own road and on my own legs where I had a mind to go.

As a general rule, a reputation is built on manner as much as on achievement.

All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.

All a man can betray is his conscience.

Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality.

You can't, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his integrity. It is his clear duty.

Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys.

Kisses are the remnants of paradise.

The human heart is vast enough to contain all the world.

A word carries far, very far, deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through space.

A certain simplicity of thought is common to serene souls at both ends of the social scale.

Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life.

A man is a worker. If he is not that he is nothing.

It is the mark of an inexperienced man not to believe in luck.

Going home must be like going to render an account.

You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.

All roads are long which lead to one's heart's desire.

The vilest scramble for loot that ever disfigured the history of human conscience.

If you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything.

The true peace of God begins at any spot a thousand miles from the nearest land.

Give me the right word and the right accent and I will move the world.

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

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.

Protection is the first necessity of opulence and luxury.

Follow your bliss. Find where it is and don't be afraid to follow it.