Lord Jim (1965)

Paul Lukas: Stein

Quotes 

• Stein : [to Jim]  You have too much pride in your humility.

• Stein : It might interest you to know that some men can never become heroes, and some heroes can never become men.

  Lord Jim : Some are lucky enough to become both.

  Stein : Who says they are lucky?

• Stein : I do not trust a man who does not respect money.

• Stein : You must face the truth.

  Lord Jim : Truth? What is the truth? I've been a so-called coward and a so-called hero, and there's not the thickness of a piece off paper between them. Maybe cowards and heroes are just ordinary men, who for just a split second do something that is out of the ordinary. That's all.

• Stein : If you want to be an idealist, you must also be tolerant.

• Stein : Man is amazing, yes, but too many flaws. Man makes too much noise about himself. Disturbs the equilibrium. He wants to be a saint, and he wants also to be a devil. Always, he wants to be what he is not. What do you think?

• Stein : But you promised.

  Schomberg : Yeah, a promise straight from the heart. The heart says "yes," but the conditions say "no." All my life, I'm a victim of conditions, so it's got to be "no."

• Stein : Even for the cleanest mouth, words are a poor security.

• Stein : Sometimes, from a good intention comes evil, if God wills it so.

• Stein : Why must you go against the majority?

  Lord Jim : Is the majority always right?

• Stein : All you must do is kill an evil phantom

  Lord Jim : Let's see now: you can't kill a ghost with a bullet -- or a spear -- black magic... .

  Stein : The weapon is truth