I feel that the Godhead is broken up like the bread at the Supper, and that we are the pieces. Hence this infinite fraternity of feeling.
Herman Melville
Godhead Fracture, Infinite Fraternity, Supper Symbolism, Unity, Fraternity, Divinity
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“There never was a great man yet who spent all his life inland.” Herman Melville
Greatness, Exploration, Adventure, Life Journey, Travel, Experience
Herman Melville Greatness, Exploration, Adventure, Life Journey, Travel, Experience“The White Whale swam before him as the monomaniac incarnation of all those malicious agencies which some deep men feel eating them, till they are left living with half a heart and half a lung.” Herman Melville
White Whale, Obsession, Monomania, Malice, Fate, Struggle
Herman Melville White Whale, Obsession, Monomania, Malice, Fate, Struggle“And if we obey God, we must disobey ourselves; and it is in this disobeying ourselves, wherein the hardness of obeying God consists.” Herman Melville
Obey God, Disobey Self, Hardness Obedience, Obey, Disobey, God
Herman Melville Obey God, Disobey Self, Hardness Obedience, Obey, Disobey, God“I feel that the Godhead is broken up like the bread at the Supper, and that we are the pieces. Hence this infinite fraternity of feeling.” Herman Melville
Godhead Fracture, Infinite Fraternity, Supper Symbolism, Unity, Fraternity, Divinity
Herman Melville Godhead Fracture, Infinite Fraternity, Supper Symbolism, Unity, Fraternity, Divinity“Talk not to me of blasphemy, man; I’d strike the sun if it insulted me.” Herman Melville
Defiant Spirit, Blasphemous Ideas, Sun, Strike, Insult, Defiance
Herman Melville Defiant Spirit, Blasphemous Ideas, Sun, Strike, Insult, Defiance“In truth, a mature man who uses hairoil, unless medicinally, that man has probably got a quoggy spot in him somewhere. As a general rule, he can’t amount to much in his totality.” Herman Melville
Maturity, Self-awareness, Irony, Masculinity, Appearance, Philosophy
Herman Melville Maturity, Self-awareness, Irony, Masculinity, Appearance, Philosophy“Failure is the true test of greatness.” Herman Melville
True Test, Greatness Proved, Failure Lesson, Failure, Test, Greatness
Herman Melville True Test, Greatness Proved, Failure Lesson, Failure, Test, Greatness“It is plain and demonstrable, that much ale is not good for Yankee, and operates differently upon them from what it does upon a Briton; ale must be drank in a fog and a drizzle.” Herman Melville
Cultural Ale, Drinking Effects, Weather Influence, Ale, Drinking, Weather
Herman Melville Cultural Ale, Drinking Effects, Weather Influence, Ale, Drinking, Weather“Is, then, the crown too heavy that I wear? This Iron Crown of Lombardy. Yet it is bright with many a gem; I, the wearer, see not its far flashings; but darkly feel that I wear that, that dazzling confounds. ‘Tis Iron – that I know – not gold.” Herman Melville
Crown’s Weight, Iron Crown, Lombardy Crown, Dazzling Crown, Wearer’s Burden, Golden Illusion
Herman Melville Crown’s Weight, Iron Crown, Lombardy Crown, Dazzling Crown, Wearer’s Burden, Golden Illusion“Whatever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things.” Herman Melville
Fortune Courage, Fearless Actions, Life Choices, Fortune, Courage, Actions
Herman Melville Fortune Courage, Fearless Actions, Life Choices, Fortune, Courage, Actions“Doesn’t the devil live forever; who ever heard that the devil was dead? Did you ever see any person wearing mourning for the devil?” Herman Melville
Life And Death, Evil’s Persistence, Eternal Struggle, Mortality, Good And Evil, Existence
Herman Melville Life And Death, Evil’s Persistence, Eternal Struggle, Mortality, Good And Evil, Existence“For in tremendous extremities human souls are like drowning men; well enough they know they are in peril; well enough they know the causes of that peril; – nevertheless, the sea is the sea, and these drowning men do drown.” Herman Melville
Perilous Situation, Human Suffering, Soul Struggle, Death, Human Experience, Extreme Conditions
Herman Melville Perilous Situation, Human Suffering, Soul Struggle, Death, Human Experience, Extreme Conditions“No man prefers to sleep two in a bed. In fact, you would a good deal rather not sleep with your own brother. I don’t know how it is, but people like to be private when they are sleeping.” Herman Melville
Private Sleep, Bed Sharing, People’s Privacy, Sleeping Alone, Personal Space, Sleep Habits
Herman Melville Private Sleep, Bed Sharing, People’s Privacy, Sleeping Alone, Personal Space, Sleep Habits“Truth is in things, and not in words.” Herman Melville
Truth’s Nature, Words Deceiving, Truth Revealed, Things Over Words, Real Truth, Honest Revelation
Herman Melville Truth’s Nature, Words Deceiving, Truth Revealed, Things Over Words, Real Truth, Honest Revelation“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“God help thee, old man, thy thoughts have created a creature in thee; and he whose intense thinking thus makes him a Prometheus; a vulture feeds upon that heart for ever; that vulture the very creature he creates.” Herman Melville
Intense Thinking, Prometheus Creation, Eternal Vulture, Thinking, Creation, Vulture
Herman Melville Intense Thinking, Prometheus Creation, Eternal Vulture, Thinking, Creation, Vulture“The act of paying is perhaps the most uncomfortable infliction that the two orchard thieves entailed upon us. But being paid, – what will compare with it? The urbane activity with which a man receives money is really marvellous, considering that we so earnestly believe money to be the root of all earthly ills, and that on no account can a monied man enter heaven. Ah! how cheerfully we consign ourselves to perdition!” Herman Melville
Money, Irony, Human Nature, Morality, Wealth, Life’s Struggles
Herman Melville Money, Irony, Human Nature, Morality, Wealth, Life’s Struggles“God is liberal of color; so should man be.” Herman Melville
Divine Color, Liberal Spirit, Human Equality, God, Color, Equality
Herman Melville Divine Color, Liberal Spirit, Human Equality, God, Color, Equality“Now, Jonah’s Captain, shipmates, was one whose discernment detects crime in any, but whose cupidity exposes it only in the penniless. In this world, shipmates, sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without a passport; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers.” Herman Melville
Moral Double, Captain’s Cupidity, Virtue Barrier, Sin, Virtue, Captain
Herman Melville Moral Double, Captain’s Cupidity, Virtue Barrier, Sin, Virtue, Captain