I am a man who, from his youth upwards, has been filled with a profound conviction that the easiest way of life is the best.
Herman Melville
Easiest Life, Youth Conviction, Best Way, Life, Youth, Conviction
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More Herman Melville Quotes
“Charity, like poetry, should be cultivated, if only for its being graceful.” Herman Melville
Cultivation Of Grace, Artistic Nature, Spiritual Charity, Selflessness, Poetry, Gracefulness
Herman Melville Cultivation Of Grace, Artistic Nature, Spiritual Charity, Selflessness, Poetry, Gracefulness“Better sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.” Herman Melville
Sober Cannibal, Drunken Christian, Unlikely Preference, Cannibal, Christian, Preference
Herman Melville Sober Cannibal, Drunken Christian, Unlikely Preference, Cannibal, Christian, Preference“God’s one and only voice is silence.” Herman Melville
Divine Silence, Quiet Voice, Spiritual Message, God, Silence, Voice
Herman Melville Divine Silence, Quiet Voice, Spiritual Message, God, Silence, Voice“Niggards are oftentimes neat.” Herman Melville
Niggards Neat, Neatness Habit, Neat Behavior, Neat, Habit, Niggards
Herman Melville Niggards Neat, Neatness Habit, Neat Behavior, Neat, Habit, Niggards“Appalling is the soul of a man! Better might one be pushed off into the material spaces beyond the uttermost orbit of our sun, than once feel himself fairly afloat in himself.” Herman Melville
Appalling Soul, Material Spaces, Inner Floating, Soul, Spaces, Floating
Herman Melville Appalling Soul, Material Spaces, Inner Floating, Soul, Spaces, Floating“Many sensible things banished from high life find an asylum among the mob.” Herman Melville
Banished Sensibility, High Life, Mob Asylum, Sensibility, Life, Mob
Herman Melville Banished Sensibility, High Life, Mob Asylum, Sensibility, Life, Mob“The grand points in human nature are the same to-day they were a thousand years ago. The only variability in them is in expression, not in feature.” Herman Melville
Human Nature, Timeless Traits, Expression Variability, Humanity, Nature, Time
Herman Melville Human Nature, Timeless Traits, Expression Variability, Humanity, Nature, Time“Thrusted light is worse than presented pistols.” Herman Melville
Thrusted Light, Presented Pistols, Stark Comparison, Light, Pistols, Comparison
Herman Melville Thrusted Light, Presented Pistols, Stark Comparison, Light, Pistols, Comparison“There’s magic in the water that draws all men away from the land, that leads them over hills, down creeks and streams and rivers to the sea.” Herman Melville
Water Magic, Land’s Pull, Sea Mysteries, Magic, Water, Sea
Herman Melville Water Magic, Land’s Pull, Sea Mysteries, Magic, Water, Sea“The eyes are the gateway to the soul.” Herman Melville
Eyes Soul, Soul Gateway, Eye Connection, Eyes, Soul, Connection
Herman Melville Eyes Soul, Soul Gateway, Eye Connection, Eyes, Soul, Connection“I’m a demoniac; I am madness maddened.” Herman Melville
Madness, Demoniac, Identity, Insanity, Fear, Chaos
Herman Melville Madness, Demoniac, Identity, Insanity, Fear, Chaos“A man can be honest in any sort of skin.” Herman Melville
Honest Nature, Human Skin, Honest, Skin, Nature, Truth
Herman Melville Honest Nature, Human Skin, Honest, Skin, Nature, Truth“Give me a condor’s quill! Give me Vesuvius crater for an inkstand!” Herman Melville
Condor Quill, Vesuvius Inkstand, Inkstand Condor, Quill, Vesuvius, Inkstand
Herman Melville Condor Quill, Vesuvius Inkstand, Inkstand Condor, Quill, Vesuvius, Inkstand“That unblinkingly vivid Japanese sun seems the blazing focus of the glassy ocean’s immeasurable burning-glass.” Herman Melville
Japanese Sun, Blazing Ocean, Burning Focus, Sun, Ocean, Focus
Herman Melville Japanese Sun, Blazing Ocean, Burning Focus, Sun, Ocean, Focus“One of the coolest and wisest hours a man has, is just after he awakes in the morning.” Herman Melville
Morning Wisdom, Awake Reflection, Early Hour, Morning, Wisdom, Awake
Herman Melville Morning Wisdom, Awake Reflection, Early Hour, Morning, Wisdom, Awake“For we are all killers, on land and on sea; Bonapartes and Sharks included.” Herman Melville
Killing, Humanity, Violence, War, Conflict, Nature
Herman Melville Killing, Humanity, Violence, War, Conflict, Nature“Let us only hate hatred; and once give love a play, we will fall in love with a unicorn.” Herman Melville
Hate Hatred, Unicorn Love, Love Play, Love, Hate, Unicorn
Herman Melville Hate Hatred, Unicorn Love, Love Play, Love, Hate, Unicorn“Over his ivory-inlaid table, Ahab presided like a mute, maned sea-lion on the white coral beach, surrounded by his warlike but still deferential cubs. In his own proper turn, each officer waited to be served.” Herman Melville
Ahab’s Table, Sea-lion Strength, Coral Beach, Warlike Cubs, Officer’s Respect, Quiet Authority
Herman Melville Ahab’s Table, Sea-lion Strength, Coral Beach, Warlike Cubs, Officer’s Respect, Quiet Authority“The sea had jeeringly kept his finite body up, but drowned the infinite of his soul.” Herman Melville
Sea Symbolism, Life’s Struggles, Death, Humanity, Philosophy, Irony
Herman Melville Sea Symbolism, Life’s Struggles, Death, Humanity, Philosophy, Irony“The first boat we read of, floated on an ocean, that with Portuguese vengeance had whelmed a whole world without leaving so much as a widow. That same ocean rolls now; that same ocean destroyed the wrecked ships of last year. Yea, foolish mortals, Noah’s flood is not yet subsided; two thirds of the fair world it yet covers.” Herman Melville
Historical Truths, Nature’s Power, World History, Disasters, Lessons Learned, Floods
Herman Melville Historical Truths, Nature’s Power, World History, Disasters, Lessons Learned, Floods