Joyce Cary was a British author who wrote the novel "Mister Johnson." The book tells the story of a Nigerian clerk who wants to become a successful businessman but faces many obstacles. Cary's writing often explored themes of colonialism and cultural clashes.
The real tragedy of life is always a tragedy of misunderstanding.
Joyce Cary – Mister Johnson
Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.
Joyce Cary – Mister Johnson
One cannot eat one’s cake and have it.
Joyce Cary – Mister Johnson
We are all of us born in moral stupidity, taking the world as an udder to feed our supreme selves.
Joyce Cary – Mister Johnson
The futility of action does not absolve one from the struggle.
Joyce Cary – Mister Johnson
It is the mind that makes good or ill. That which makes us happy or sad; rich or poor.
Joyce Cary – Mister Johnson
Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.
Joyce Cary – Mister Johnson
Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.
Joyce Cary – Mister Johnson
Patience is the art of hoping.
Joyce Cary – Mister Johnson
Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are.
Joyce Cary – Mister Johnson