718 Quotes by Joseph Conrad

The discovery of America was the occasion of the greatest outburst of cruelty and reckless greed known in history.

It is not Justice the servant of men, but accident, hazard, Fortune--the ally of patient Time--that holds an even and scrupulous balance.

We live as we dream - alone. While the dream disappears, the life continues painfully.

Remember, Razumov, that women, children, and revolutionists hate irony, which is the negation of all saving instincts, of all faith, of all devotion, of all action.

The conquest of the earth... is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much. What redeems it is the idea only... not a sentimental pretence but an idea.

A writer without interest or sympathy for the foibles of his fellow man is not conceivable as a writer.

Analytical philosophy was very interesting. It always struck me as being very interesting and full of tremendous intellectual curiosities. It is wonderful to see the mind at work in such an intense manner, but, for me, it was still too far removed from my own issues.

Between the conception and the creationbetween the emotion and the responseFalls the shadow

Between the conception and the creation between the emotion and the response Falls the shadow