Joseph Conrad was, by far, one of the most talented and skilled writers belonging to Polish-British ancestry. A great novelist, not many know the fact that Conrad was not fluent in English until in his twenties. Despite his poor spoken English abilities, he was a master of written art and a prose stylist. Conrad in his lifetime wrote some of the most popular novels in English language, ‘Lord Jim’, ‘Nostromo’, ‘The Secret Agent’, ‘Heart of Darkness’. His works were widely appreciated for their unique flavour and tinge. Conrad brought about non-English sensibilities into English literature. Before turning into a writer, he briefly worked as a mariner in the French and British merchant marines. His experience in sea shaped much of his work, almost all of which have a nautical setting and address profound themes of nature and existence. Conrad was a writer of complex skill and striking insight and had an intensely personal vision which was visible in his novels. As such, he was claimed as one of the greatest English novelists ever. Apart from his novels which re-interpreted his colourful adventures of the sea, Conrad’s quotes also present life’s greatest learning in simple words. Check this segment and find some of the top quotes by Joseph Conrad.
Your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others.
Joseph Conrad
Facing it, always facing it, that’s the way to get through. Face it.
Joseph Conrad
He struggled with himself, too. I saw it -- I heard it. I saw the inconceivable mystery of a soul that knew no restraint, no faith, and no fear, yet struggling blindly with itself.
Few men realize that their life, the very essence of their character, their capabilities and their audacities, are only the expression of their belief in the safety of their surroundings.
We couldn't understand because we were too far... and could not remember because we were traveling in the night of first ages, those ages that had gone, leaving hardly a sign... and no memories.
