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Walt Whitman Quotes - Page 3

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

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

Inspirational, Self Esteem, Self Respect

Some people are so much sunshine to the square inch.

Thinking Of You, Sunshine, Thinking About You

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

Nature, Stars, Believe

'Song of Myself' (1855) st. 31

My words itch at your ears till you understand them

Inspirational, Teacher, Ears

Walt Whitman, Ezra Greenspan (2005). “Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself": A Sourcebook and Critical Edition”, p.191, Psychology Press

Now, Voyager, sail thou forth, to seek and find."

Sail

"The Untold Want" l. 1 (1871)

A writer can do nothing for men more necessary, satisfying, than just simply to reveal to them the infinite possibility of their own souls.

Men, Soul, Infinite

Walt Whitman, Walter Magnes Teller, Horace Traubel (1973). “Walt Whitman's Camden conversations”

Love the earth and sun and animals, Despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, Stand up for the stupid and crazy, Devote your income and labor to others... And your very flesh shall be a great poem.

Love, Inspirational, Crazy

Walt Whitman (1953). “The best of Whitman”

There will never be any more perfection than there is now.

Perfection, Leaves Of Grass

Walt Whitman (1855). “Leaves of Grass”, p.14

When I give, I give myself.

Dance, Helping Others, Giving

"Song of Myself " l. 994 (written 1855)

I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least.

Leaves Of Grass, Objects

Walt Whitman, Sculley Bradley, Harold W. Blodgett (2008). “Leaves of Grass: A Textual Variorum of the Printed Poems, 1855-1856”, p.79, NYU Press

The secret of it all, is to write in the gush, the throb, the flood, of the moment – to put things down without deliberation – without worrying about their style – without waiting for a fit time or place. I always worked that way. I took the first scrap of paper, the first doorstep, the first desk, and wrote – wrote, wrote…By writing at the instant the very heartbeat of life is caught.

Writing, Worry, Waiting

O YOU whom I often and silently come where you are, that I may be with you; As I walk by your side, or sit near, or remain in the same room with you, Little you know the subtle electric fire that for your sake is playing within me.

Love, Dream, Your Side

Walt Whitman (2008). “Leaves of Grass: A Textual Variorum of the Printed Poems, 1860-1867”, p.406, NYU Press

I and this mystery, here we stand.

Mystery

Walt Whitman, Sculley Bradley, Harold W. Blodgett (2008). “Leaves of Grass: A Textual Variorum of the Printed Poems, 1855-1856”, p.3, NYU Press

A man can be a hero in any profession

Hero, Men, Profession

Without enough wilderness America will change. Democracy, with its myriad personalities and increasing sophistication, must be fibred and vitalized by regular contact with outdoor growths - animals, trees, sun warmth and free skies - or it will dwindle and pale.

Animal, Sky, America

I see behind each mask that wonder a kindred soul.

Soul, Wonder, Mask

Walt Whitman (2008). “Leaves of Grass: A Textual Variorum of the Printed Poems, 1860-1867”, p.554, NYU Press

I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.

Education, Laughter, Inspiration

"Song of Myself " l. 1 (written 1855)

Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?

Lessons, Passages

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

I give you my hand, I give you my love more precious than money, I give you myself before preaching or law; Will you give me yourself?

Love, Money, Hands

Walt Whitman, Sculley Bradley, Harold W. Blodgett (2008). “Leaves of Grass: A Textual Variorum of the Printed Poems, 1855-1856”, p.238, NYU Press

Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.

Karma, Attitude, Positive Thinking

Walt Whitman, Sculley Bradley, Harold W. Blodgett (2008). “Leaves of Grass: A Textual Variorum of the Printed Poems, 1855-1856”, p.226, NYU Press

I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable.

Leaves Of Grass, Tamed, Bits

"Song of Myself " l. 1332 (written 1855)

If you done it, it ain't bragging.

Conceited, Done, Bragging

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

I know I am deathless. No doubt I have died myself ten thousand times before. I laugh at what you call dissolution, and I know the amplitude of time.

Laughing, Doubt, Reincarnation

I am not to speak to you, I am to think of you when I sit alone or wake at night alone, I am to wait, I do not doubt I am to meet you again, I am to see to it that I do not lose you.

Night, Thinking, Waiting

Walt Whitman (2011). “Walt Whitman's Songs of Male Intimacy and Love: "Live Oak, with Moss" and "Calamus"”, p.92, University of Iowa Press

I dream in my dreams all the dreams of the other dreamers. And I become the other dreamers.

Dream, Dreamer

Walt Whitman (1855). “Leaves of Grass”, p.71

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