4 Joseph Conrad Quotes on Humanity

Joseph Conrad quotes on humanity

13. The sea never changes and its works, for all the talk of men, are wrapped in mystery.

29. For the great mass of mankind the only saving grace that is needed is steady fidelity to what is nearest to hand and heart in the short moment of each human effort.

49. For all that has been said of the love that certain natures (on shore) have professed to feel for it, for all the celebrations it had been the object of in prose and song, the sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness.

60. I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps only some formula of peace.