I always went my own road and on my own legs where I had a mind to go Joseph Conrad More Quotes by Joseph Conrad More Quotes From Joseph Conrad All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. Joseph Conrad For the great mass of mankind, the only saving grace needed is a steady fidelity to what is nearest to hand and heart for the short moment of each human effort. Joseph Conrad Having had to encounter single-handed during his period of eclipse many physical dangers, he was well aware of the most dangerous element common to them all: of the crushing, paralysing sense of human littleness, which is what really defeats a human struggling with natural forces, alone, far from the eyes of his fellows. Joseph Conrad Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow. Joseph Conrad The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage. Joseph Conrad They wanted facts. Facts! They demanded facts from him, as if facts could explain anything. Joseph Conrad Words, as is well known, are great foes of reality. Joseph Conrad I had ambition not only to go farther than any man had ever been before, but as far as it was possible for a man to go. Joseph Conrad possible go man ambition Only the young have such moments .I don´t mean the very young, No. The very young have, properly speaking, no moments. Joseph Conrad