Joseph Conrad Quote

To confront, always confront, is the way to solve the problem. Confront it!

We live as we dream, alone.

I don't like work, nobody likes it; but I like that, in work, I have the opportunity to discover myself.

God is for men and religion is for women.

Let them think what they want, but I didn't intend to drown. I intended to swim until I sank – but it's not the same.

The strength of one is only an accident arising from the weakness of others.

The value of a phrase lies in the personality of the person who says it, because nothing new can be said by a man or a woman.

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, because it mainly consists of dealing with men.

Every era is nourished by illusions, otherwise, men would soon give up on life, and that would be the end of the human race.

I suppose only those who do nothing are free from making mistakes.

Every idealization impoverishes life. To beautify it is to take away its complexity, it is to destroy it.