Walt Whitman Quotes

We convince by our presence.

The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves.

A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.

I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.

Sail Forth- Steer for the deep waters only. Reckless O soul, exploring. I with thee and thou with me. For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared go. And we will risk the ship, ourselves, and all...

Songs of myselfI am the poet of the Body and I am the poet of the Soul, The pleasures of heaven are with me and the pains of hell are with me, The first I graft and increase upon myself, the latter I...

Give me juicy autumnal fruit, ripe and red from the orchard.[]

Song of myselfWith music strong I come, with my cornets and my drums, I play not marches for accepted victors only, I play marches for conquer'd and slain persons. Have you heard that it was good to g...

Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, when I give I give myself.

All goes onward and outward, nothing collapses, And to die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier.

The untold want, by life and land ne'er granted,Now, Voyager, sail thou forth, to seek and find.

I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.

I say to mankind, Be not curious about God. For I, who am curious about each, am not curious about God - I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least.

Language is not an abstract construction of the learned or of dictionary-makers but is something arising out of the work needs ties joys affections tastes of long generations of humanity and...

I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I loveIf you want me again look for me under your boot-soles.You will hardly know who I am or what I mean

They do not sweat and whine about their condition, they do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins, they do not make me sick discussing their duty to God, not one is dissatisfied, not one is...

Nothing endures but personal qualities.

Only themselves understand themselves and the like of themselves,As souls only understand souls.

Freedom - to walk free and own no superior.

Poets to ComePOETS to come! orators, singers, musicians to come!Not to-day is to justify me, and answer what I am for;But you, a new brood, native, athletic, continental, greater than before known,Aro...