"Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions."
- Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924)

"All a man can betray in his conscience."
- Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924)

"As in political, so in literary action a man wins friends for himself mostly by the passion of his prejudices and the consistent narrowness of his outlook."
- Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924)

"Being a woman is a terribly difficult trade, since it consists principally of dealing with men."
- Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924)

"Every age is fed on illusions, lest men should recounce life early an the human race come to an end."
- Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924)

"I don't like work--no man does--but I like what is in the work--the chance to find yourself. "
- Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924)

"It is to be remarked that a good many people are born curiously unfitted for the fate waiting them on this earth."
- Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924)

"The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness."
- Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924)