I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps only some formula of peace. – Joseph Conrad
Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love – and to put its trust in life. – Joseph Conrad
Truth of a modest sort I can promise you, and also sincerity. That complete, praiseworthy sincerity which, while it delivers one into the hands of ones enemies, is as likely as not to embroil one with ones friends. – Joseph Conrad
Resignation, not mystic, not detached, but resignation open-eyed, conscious, and informed by love, is the only one of our feelings for which it is impossible to become a sham. – Joseph Conrad