Walt Whitman Quotes

American - Poet May 31, 1819 - March 26, 1892

There is no week nor day nor hour when tyranny may not enter upon this country, if the people lose their roughness and spirit of defiance.

People May Day Lose Country Defiance Enter Hour Nor Spirit Tyranny Week

I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends.

Funny Believe Enemies Doubt Friends Deserved No Doubt

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

Inspirational You Sunshine Face Always Behind Fall Keep Shadows Toward Will Your

Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.

Light Moment Dark Miracle Every

I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.

Best Good God I Am Thank God Am Bad Thank Worst

Be curious, not judgmental.

Curious Judgmental

I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game.

Great Game Sports See Baseball American Great Things Our Things I See

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

Nature Stars Believe Leaf Grass Less Than I Believe

The future is no more uncertain than the present.

Future More Present Than Uncertain

The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it.

Country He Poet Him Absorb His Proof

Seeing, hearing, feeling, are miracles, and each part and tag of me is a miracle.

Me Feeling Miracles Seeing Each Hearing Miracle Part Tag

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After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, and so on - have found that none of these finally satisfy, or permanently wear - what remains? Nature remains.

Nature Politics You Business After Exhausted Finally Found None Permanently Remains Satisfy Wear

We convince by our presence.

Inspirational Convince Our Presence

All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candor.

May Who Perfect Faults Candor Forgiven Him

Freedom - to walk free and own no superior.

Freedom Walk Free Own Superior

The whole theory of the universe is directed unerringly to one single individual.

Universe Theory Single Individual Directed Single Individual Whole

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

Beauty Independence Actions Departure Rely Themselves

I exist as I am, that is enough.

I Am Enough Exist Am

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

Nature Me Window More Than Books Metaphysics Satisfies

Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.

Nature Beautiful Me Walk Flowers Garden Give Give Me Sunrise Undisturbed Where I Can

And your very flesh shall be a great poem.

Great Your Shall Very Flesh Poem

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

Friendship Enough Like I Have Learned Learned Those

Judging from the main portions of the history of the world, so far, justice is always in jeopardy.

History Justice World Always Far Jeopardy Judging Main Portions The History Of

Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul.

You Soul Your Insults Been Dismiss Re-Examine Which

To have great poets, there must be great audiences.

Great Must Audiences Poets

Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.

Myself I Am Well Large Very Am Contain Contradict Multitudes Then

To me, every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle.

Me Day Night Perfect Day And Night Every Hour Miracle

Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.

Best Sleep Secret Grow Air Earth Eat Making Now Open Person See The Secret Of I See

When I give I give myself.

Myself Romantic Give

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

Truth Soul Whatever Satisfies

I accept reality and dare not question it.

Reality Accept Question Dare

And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.

Hero Man May Young Become Employment Following Trade Young Man

The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.

Art Light Sunshine Simplicity Expression Glory Letters

He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.

Teacher Style Who He Destroy Honors Learns Most

There is no object so soft but it makes a hub for the wheeled universe.

Universe Soft Makes Object Hub

I heard what was said of the universe, heard it and heard it of several thousand years; it is middling well as far as it goes - but is that all?

Universe Said Well Far As Far As Goes Heard Several Thousand Thousand Years Years

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.

God Who Curious Understand About Am Behold Each Every Hear Least Mankind Object Say

There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius.

Power Genius Person About Expressive Freshness Illiterate Indescribable Noblest

The words of my book nothing, the drift of it everything.

Words Nothing Book Everything Drift

The beautiful uncut hair of graves.

Beautiful Hair Graves

Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to the front, let bigots, fools, unclean persons, offer new propositions, let the old propositions be postponed.

Go New Old Behind Advance Bigots Fools Front Offer Persons Postponed Stood Which

Nothing endures but personal qualities.

Brainy Nothing Personal Qualities Endures

A great city is that which has the greatest men and women.

Women Great Men City Great City Greatest Men And Women Which

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