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Walt Whitman Quotes - Page 2

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

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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. Walt Whitman

God, Understand, Curious

I exist as I am, that is enough. - Walt Whitman

I exist as I am, that is enough. Walt Whitman

I Am, Enough, Exist

The beautiful uncut hair of graves. - Walt Whitman

The beautiful uncut hair of graves. Walt Whitman

Beautiful, Hair, Graves

If any thing is sacred, the human body is sacred. - Walt Whitman

If any thing is sacred, the human body is sacred. Walt Whitman

Body, Human Body, Human

Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won. Walt Whitman

Day, Good, Fall

Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you? Walt Whitman

Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to me will ever take command of me. Walt Whitman

Life, Powerful, Me

Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes me forever, it says sarcastically, Walt you contain enough, why don't you let it out then? Walt Whitman

Vision, Me, Speech

Produce great men, the rest follows. Walt Whitman

Great, Men, Great Men

The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book. - Walt Whitman

The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book. Walt Whitman

I celebrate myself, and sing myself. - Walt Whitman

I celebrate myself, and sing myself. Walt Whitman

Inspirational, Myself, Sing

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

History, Justice, World

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. Walt Whitman

Best, Sleep, Earth

The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man sees in it, on the contrary, the potent Law of Laws. Walt Whitman

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

Me, Miracles, Seeing

I accept reality and dare not question it. - Walt Whitman

I accept reality and dare not question it. Walt Whitman

Reality, Question, Accept

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

Teacher, Style, Destroy

I cannot be awake for nothing looks to me as it did before, Or else I am awake for the first time, and all before has been a mean sleep. Walt Whitman

Time, Sleep, I Am

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

Book, Words, Everything

Nothing endures but personal qualities. Walt Whitman

Brainy, Personal, Nothing

The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world. Walt Whitman

Great, Man, Woman

To die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier. - Walt Whitman

To die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier. Walt Whitman

Die, Different, Supposed

Freedom - to walk free and own no superior. Walt Whitman

Freedom, Free, Walk

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

Universe, Single, Theory

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? Walt Whitman

Learning, Great, You

And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud. Walt Whitman

Sympathy, Funeral, Own

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