We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.

Quote by H P Lovecraft

Topics: Civilization Quotes, Ignorance Quotes, Intelligence Quotes

All life is only a set of pictures in the brain, among which there is...

All life is only a set of pictures in the brain, among which there is...

The world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind.

The world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind.

What a man does for pay is of little significance. What he is, as a...

What a man does for pay is of little significance. What he is, as a...

I couldn't live a week without a private library - indeed, I'd part with all...

I couldn't live a week without a private library - indeed, I'd part with all...

That is not dead which can eternal lie, yet with stranger aeons, even Death may...

That is not dead which can eternal lie, yet with stranger aeons, even Death may...

I fear my enthusiasm flags when real work is demanded of me.

I fear my enthusiasm flags when real work is demanded of me.

Bunch together a group of people deliberately chosen for strong religious feelings, and you have...

Bunch together a group of people deliberately chosen for strong religious feelings, and you have...

There be those who say that things and places have souls, and there be those...

There be those who say that things and places have souls, and there be those...

If religion were true, its followers would not try to bludgeon their young into an...

If religion were true, its followers would not try to bludgeon their young into an...

I never ask a man what his business is, for it never interests me. What...

I never ask a man what his business is, for it never interests me. What...

Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams...

Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams...

The most merciful thing in the world... is the inability of the human mind to...

The most merciful thing in the world... is the inability of the human mind to...

I am disillusioned enough to know that no man's opinion on any subject is worth...

I am disillusioned enough to know that no man's opinion on any subject is worth...

If I could create an ideal world, it would be an England with the fire...

If I could create an ideal world, it would be an England with the fire...

Toil without song is like a weary journey without an end.

Toil without song is like a weary journey without an end.

We shall see that at which dogs howl in the dark, and that at which...

We shall see that at which dogs howl in the dark, and that at which...

The process of delving into the black abyss is to me the keenest form of...

The process of delving into the black abyss is to me the keenest form of...

Blue, green, grey, white, or black; smooth, ruffled, or mountainous; that ocean is not silent.

Blue, green, grey, white, or black; smooth, ruffled, or mountainous; that ocean is not silent.

But are not the dreams of poets and the tales of travellers notoriously false?

But are not the dreams of poets and the tales of travellers notoriously false?

Searchers after horror haunt strange, far places.

Searchers after horror haunt strange, far places.