Quotes from Jose Conrad

he affected great piety (as became a pilgrim), although unable to read the inspired words of the Prophet.

he hated the white men who interfered with the manly pursuits of throat-cutting, kidnapping, slave-dealing, and fire-raising

Scruples were for imbeciles. His clear duty was to make himself happy.

They walk the road of life, the road fenced in by their tastes, prejudices, disdains or enthusiasms, generally honest, invariably stupid, and are proud of never losing their way.

It is written that the earth belongs to those who have fair skins and hard but foolish hearts.

you whites are so great that you disdain to remember your enemies.

The sea, perhaps because of its saltness, roughens the outside but keeps sweet the kernel of its servants' soul.

He felt soothed and happy, as if some gentle and invisible hand had removed from his soul the burden of his body.