| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 13182 |
| QUOTATION: | Resignation, not mystic, not detached, but resignation open- eyed, conscious, and informed by love, is the only one of our feelings for which it is impossible to become a sham. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Joseph Conrad (18571924), Polish-born British novelist. A Familiar Preface, A Personal Record (1912). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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