The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary: men alone are quite capable of every wickedness

Quote by Joseph Conrad

Topics: Belief Quotes

The scrupulous and the just, the noble, humane, and devoted natures; the unselfish and the...

The scrupulous and the just, the noble, humane, and devoted natures; the unselfish and the...

For all that has been said of the love that certain natures (on shore) have...

For all that has been said of the love that certain natures (on shore) have...

Danger lies in the writer becoming the victim of his own exaggeration, losing the exact...

Danger lies in the writer becoming the victim of his own exaggeration, losing the exact...

You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends.

You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends.

All a man can betray is his conscience

All a man can betray is his conscience

As to honor - you know - it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women...

As to honor - you know - it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women...

Only in men's imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not...

Only in men's imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not...

I would not unduly praise the virtue of restraint. It is often merely temperamental. But...

I would not unduly praise the virtue of restraint. It is often merely temperamental. But...

The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves,...

The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves,...

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughts of other men...

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughts of other men...

The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the...

The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the...

A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls into...

A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls into...

Truth of a modest sort I can promise you, and also sincerity. That complete, praiseworthy...

Truth of a modest sort I can promise you, and also sincerity. That complete, praiseworthy...

The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice...

The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice...

I don't like work... but I like what is in work - the chance to...

I don't like work... but I like what is in work - the chance to...

All a man can betray is his conscience.

All a man can betray is his conscience.

I remember my youth and the feeling that will never come back any more /the...

I remember my youth and the feeling that will never come back any more /the...

Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.

Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.

Tamed as it may be, sexuality remains one of the demonic forces in human consciousness...

Tamed as it may be, sexuality remains one of the demonic forces in human consciousness...

Death may indeed be final but the love we share while living is eternal.

Death may indeed be final but the love we share while living is eternal.