Because no man can ever feel his own identity aright except his eyes be closed; as if darkness were indeed the proper element of our essences, though light be more congenial to our clayey part.
Herman MelvilleThe reason the mass of men fear God, and at bottom dislike Him, is because they rather distrust His heart, and fancy Him all brain like a watch. (You perceive I employ a capital initial in the pronoun referring to the Deity; don't you think there is a slight dash of flunkeyism in that usage?).
Herman MelvilleThe great God absolute! The centre and circumference of all democracy! His omnipresence, our divine equality!
Herman MelvilleIn our own hearts, we mold the whole world's hereafters; and in our own hearts we fashion our own gods.
Herman Melville