I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I’ll go to it laughing.
Herman Melville
Embracing Uncertainty, Personal Strength, Life Challenges, Laughter, Fate, Resilience
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More Herman Melville Quotes
“Nobody is so heartily despised as a pusillanimous, lazy, good-for-nothing, land-lubber; a sailor has no bowels of compassion for him.” Herman Melville
Despised Laziness, Land Lubber, Sailor Compassion, Laziness, Land, Sailor
Herman Melville Despised Laziness, Land Lubber, Sailor Compassion, Laziness, Land, Sailor“Toil is man’s allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that’s more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.” Herman Melville
Toil Allotment, Idleness Sin, Toil, Grief, Brain, Hands
Herman Melville Toil Allotment, Idleness Sin, Toil, Grief, Brain, Hands“Better be an old maid, a woman with herself as a husband, than the wife of a fool; and Solomon more than hints that all men are fools; and every wise man knows himself to be one.” Herman Melville
Old Maid, Foolish Husband, Wise Reflection, Maid, Husband, Wise
Herman Melville Old Maid, Foolish Husband, Wise Reflection, Maid, Husband, Wise“Nature is nobody’s ally.” Herman Melville
Nature Ally, Neutrality Truth, Natural Forces, Nature, Ally, Neutrality
Herman Melville Nature Ally, Neutrality Truth, Natural Forces, Nature, Ally, Neutrality“All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realize the silent, subtle, ever-present perils of life.” Herman Melville
Whale-lines Perils, Sudden Death, Mortal Realization, Death, Life, Perils
Herman Melville Whale-lines Perils, Sudden Death, Mortal Realization, Death, Life, Perils“No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.” Herman Melville
Animal Wisdom, Human Bonds, Philosophical Insight, Dogs, Horses, Insight
Herman Melville Animal Wisdom, Human Bonds, Philosophical Insight, Dogs, Horses, Insight“Yes, as everyone knows, meditation and water are wedded forever.” Herman Melville
Meditation Practice, Spiritual Connection, Calmness, Mind And Body, Peace, Water
Herman Melville Meditation Practice, Spiritual Connection, Calmness, Mind And Body, Peace, Water“Thus we see how that the spine of even the hugest of living things tapers off at last into simple child’s play.” Herman Melville
Spine Play, Living Things, Child Play, Spine, Child, Living
Herman Melville Spine Play, Living Things, Child Play, Spine, Child, Living“Thou wine art the friend of the friendless, though a foe to all.” Herman Melville
Wine, Friendship, Loneliness, Irony, Life’s Struggles, Society
Herman Melville Wine, Friendship, Loneliness, Irony, Life’s Struggles, Society“I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.” Herman Melville
Adventure Spirit, Exploration, Courage, Forbidden Places, Journey, Sailing
Herman Melville Adventure Spirit, Exploration, Courage, Forbidden Places, Journey, Sailing“Who ain’t a slave? Tell me that. Well, then, however the old sea-captains may order me about – however they may thump and punch me about, I have the satisfaction of knowing that it is all right; that everybody else is one way or other served in much the same way – either in a physical or metaphysical point of view, that is; and so the universal thump is passed round, and all hands should rub each other’s shoulder-blades, and be content.” Herman Melville
Universal Slavery, Shared Service, Metaphysical Order, Slavery, Service, Order
Herman Melville Universal Slavery, Shared Service, Metaphysical Order, Slavery, Service, Order“Swerve me? The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails, whereon my soul is grooved to run. Over unsounded gorges, through the rifled hearts of mountains, under torrents’ beds, unerringly I rush! Naught’s an obstacle, naught’s an angle to the iron way!” Herman Melville
Fixed Purpose, Iron Rails, Determined Soul, Purpose, Rails, Soul
Herman Melville Fixed Purpose, Iron Rails, Determined Soul, Purpose, Rails, Soul“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“While his one live leg made lively echoes along the deck, every stroke of his dead limb sounded like a coffin-tap. On life and death this old man walked.” Herman Melville
Life Contrast, Coffin Tap, Echoing Limbs, Life, Death, Echo
Herman Melville Life Contrast, Coffin Tap, Echoing Limbs, Life, Death, Echo“The man that has anything bountifully laughable about him, be sure there is more in that man than you perhaps think for.” Herman Melville
Humor And Depth, Hidden Qualities, Personality Traits, Wisdom, Laughter, Character
Herman Melville Humor And Depth, Hidden Qualities, Personality Traits, Wisdom, Laughter, Character“True places are not found on maps.” Herman Melville
Journey And Discovery, Self-exploration, Life Meaning, Adventure, Destinations, Travel
Herman Melville Journey And Discovery, Self-exploration, Life Meaning, Adventure, Destinations, Travel“In this particular Billy was a striking instance that the arch interferer, the envious marplot of Eden, still has more or less to do with every human consignment to this planet of Earth. In every case, one way or another he is sure to slip in his little card, as much as to remind us – I too have a hand here.” Herman Melville
Interference, Envy, Humanity, Life’s Struggles, Morality, Fate
Herman Melville Interference, Envy, Humanity, Life’s Struggles, Morality, Fate“There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.” Herman Melville
Careful Disorder, True Method, Enterprises, Disorder, Method, Careful
Herman Melville Careful Disorder, True Method, Enterprises, Disorder, Method, Careful