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In order to move others deeply we must deliberately allow ourselves to be carried away beyond the bounds of our normal sensibility.

In order to move others deeply we must deliberately allow ourselves to be carried away beyond the bounds of our normal sensibility.

Joseph Conrad
Moving, Order, Literature
Joseph Conrad (2015). “The Napoleonic Novels: The Rover & Suspense: From the Renowned Author of The Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, The Secret Agent and Under Western Eyes (Including Author’s Memoirs, Letters & Critical Essays)”, p.400, e-artnow

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

Joseph Conrad
Ambition, Feet, Literature
Some Reminiscences (1912; in USA entitled "A Personal Record") p. 19

A man's most open actions have a secret side to them.

Joseph Conrad
Men, Keeping Secrets, Literature
Joseph Conrad (2015). “Joseph Conrad Ultimate Collection: 18 Novels, 20+ Short Stories, Letters & Memoirs: Including Classics like Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, The Duel, The Secret Agent, Nostromo, Victory, The Shadow-Line & Under Western Eyes”, p.2311, e-artnow

To have his path made clear for him is the aspiration of every human being in our beclouded and tempestuous existence.

Joseph Conrad
Enlightenment, Literature, Path
Joseph Conrad (2015). “Complete Short Stories of Joseph Conrad (Including His Memoirs, Letters & Critical Essays: Unforgettable Tales like Heart of Darkness, Point of Honor, Falk, Secret Sharer, The Return & Freya of Seven Isles”, p.1325, e-artnow

Going home must be like going to render an account.

Joseph Conrad
Home, Literature, Accounts
Joseph Conrad (1905). “Lord Jim”, p.207, McClure, Phillips & Company

You can't breathe dead hippo waking, sleeping, and eating, and at the same time keep your precarious grip on existence.

Joseph Conrad
Sleep, Literature, Waking
Joseph Conrad (2012). “Heart of Darkness: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.53, Penguin

Don't you forget what's divine in the Russian soul and that's resignation.

Joseph Conrad
Soul, Literature, Forget
Joseph Conrad (2015). “Under Western Eyes (Unabridged Deluxe Edition): An Intriguing Tale of Espionage and Betrayal in Czarist Russia From the Renowned Author of Heart of Darkness, Nostromo & The Secret Agent (Including Author’s Memoirs, Letters & Critical Essays)”, p.18, e-artnow

Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions.

Joseph Conrad
Enemy, Literature, Action
Nostromo (1904) pt. 1, ch. 6

Nations it may be have fashioned their Governments, but the Governments have paid them back in the same coin.

Joseph Conrad
Government, Coins, Literature
Joseph Conrad (2016). “Under Western Eyes”, p.25, 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
Love Is, Feelings, Literature
Joseph Conrad (2015). “Joseph Conrad’s Sea Tales - Premium Collection: An Outcast of the Islands, The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’, A Smile of Fortune, Typhoon and more: Classics of World Literature from One of the Greatest English Novelists (Including Author’s Memoirs, Letters & Critical Essays)”, p.1118, e-artnow

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