English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Joseph Conrad Quotes

And perhaps in this is the whole difference; perhaps all the wisdom, and all truth, and all sincerity, are just compressed into that inappreciable moment of time in which we step over the threshold of the invisible.

Joseph Conrad

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Concern for man and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavors. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations. Albert Einstein
Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we who fail to prevent them, must share the guilt for the dead. Omar N. Bradley
Mick Ralphs quote: "I've got a Range Rover. It's brilliant actually but it's manual."
I've got a Range Rover. It's brilliant actually but it's manual. Mick Ralphs
Elias Canetti quote: "His head is made of stars, but not yet arranged into..."
His head is made of stars, but not yet arranged into constellations. Elias Canetti
In fact the total amount that a physicist knows is very little. He has only to remember the rules to get him from one place to another and he is all right... Richard P. Feynman
So be gentle with yourself; show yourself the same kindness and patience you might show a young child - the child you once were. If you won’t be your own friend, who will be? If, when playing an opponent, you are also opposing yourself, you will be outnumbered. Dan Millman
Arthur Miller quote: "You can quicker get back a million dollars that was stolen..."
You can quicker get back a million dollars that was stolen than a word that you gave away. Arthur Miller
Dave Pelzer quote: "I still love my former wife, I won't call her my ex-wife."
I still love my former wife, I won't call her my ex-wife. Dave Pelzer
Retief Goosen quote: "I'm a good listener."
I'm a good listener. Retief Goosen
The untutored egotist merely wants what he wants. Give him a religious education, and it becomes obvious to him, it becomes axiomatic, that what he wants is what God wants, that his cause is the cause of whatever he may happen to regard as the True Church and that any compromise is a metaphysical Munich, an appeasement of Radical Evil. Aldous Huxley
Shahrukh Khan quote: "In India, the films are not looked upon just as entertainment...."
In India, the films are not looked upon just as entertainment. They're a way of life. Shahrukh Khan
Tori Amos quote: "Her entire life has been devoted to healing the deepest, most..."
...Her entire life has been devoted to healing the deepest, most invasive unseeable scar that one can ever have. Tori Amos
Suddenly, gentlemen of the jury, I felt a Dostoevskian grin dawning (through the very grimace that twisted my lips) like a distant and terrible sun. Vladimir Nabokov
Arafat's whole life has been governed by struggle and a cause. Everything he has done as leader of the Palestinians is to always leave his options open, never close a door. Dennis Ross
I hadn't performed by myself in a while. It feels very natural to me, and I assume people come for the very same reasons as they do when I'm with the band: to be moved, for something to happen to them. Bruce Springsteen