Meditation and water are wedded for ever.
HERMAN MELVILLESilence is the only Voice of our God.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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All things that God would have us do are hard for us to do–remember that–and hence, he oftener commands us than endeavours to persuade.
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Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor
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The eyes are the gateway to the soul.
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Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.
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Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
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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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Whatever my fate, I’ll go to it laughing.
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I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.
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Let us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses, – for it is a sign of strength to be weak, to know it, and out with it – not in a set way and ostentatiously, though, but incidentally and without premeditation.
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When the passage “All men are born free and equal,” when that passage was being written were not some of the signers legalised owners of slaves?
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Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of what we have until it is gone?
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A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
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A whale ship was my Yale College and my Harvard.
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Real strength never impairs beauty or harmony, but it often bestows it, and in everything imposingly beautiful, strength has much to do with the magic.
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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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