Meditation and water are wedded for ever.
HERMAN MELVILLEA thing may be incredible and still be true; sometimes it is incredible because it is true.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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All deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea, while the wildest winds of heaven and earth conspire to cast her on the treacherous, slavish shore.
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Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.
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One of the coolest and wisest hours a man has, is just after he awakes in the morning.
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Beneath those stars is a universe of gliding monsters.
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It is not down in any map; true places never are.
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Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.
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There is nothing so slipperily alluring as sadness; we become sad in the first place by having nothing stirring to do; we continue in it, because we have found a snug sofa at last.
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Silence is the only Voice of our God.
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You cannot hide the soul.
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What is an atheist, but one who does not, or will not, see in the universe a ruling principle of love; and what a misanthrope, but one who does not, or will not, see in man a ruling principle of kindness?
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Art is the objectification of feeling.
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Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor
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Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.
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Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
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For as this appalling ocean surrounds the verdant land, so in the soul of man there lies one insular Tahiti, full of peace and joy, but encompassed by all the horrors of the half known life.
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