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Walt Whitman Quotes

There was a child went forth every day, And the first object he looked upon, that object he became Picture Quote #1

From this hour I ordain myself loos’d of limits and imaginary lines. Going where I list, my own master, total and absolute. Listening to others, and considering well what they say. Pausing, searching, receiving, contemplating. Gently but with undeniable will, divesting myself of the holds that would hold me Picture Quote #1

Did you, too, O friend, suppose democracy was only for elections, for politics, and for a party name? I say democracy is only of use there that it may pass on and come to its flower and fruit in manners, in the highest forms of interaction between people, and their beliefs - in religion, literature, colleges and schools- democracy in all public and private life Picture Quote #1

Do you see O my brothers and sisters? It is not chaos or death, it is form, union, plan, it is eternal life, it is happiness Picture Quote #1

As Walt Whitman correctly surmised, we are large and we harbour multitudes within us. And those multitudes are locked in chronic battle. There is an ongoing conversation among the different factions in your brain, each competing to control the single output channel of your behaviour Picture Quote #1

O magnet-South! O glistening perfumed South! My South! O quick mettle, rich blood, impulse and love! Good and evil! O all dear to me! Picture Quote #1

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We all have great things on our bucket lists like skydiving, seeing the Northern Lights etc, but what about simply falling in love? Isn’t that the most amazing thing we can do? Picture Quote #1

A Song of the good green grass! A song no more of the city streets; A song of farms - a song of the soil of fields. A song with the smell of sun-dried hay, where the nimble pitchers handle the pitch-fork; A song tasting of new wheat, and of fresh-husk’d maize Picture Quote #1

Camden was originally an accident, but I shall never be sorry I was left over in Camden. It has brought me blessed returns Picture Quote #1

Write about winter in the summer. Describe Norway as Ibsen did, from a desk in Italy; describe Dublin as James Joyce did, from a desk in Paris. Willa Cather wrote her prairie novels in New York City; Mark Twain wrote Huckleberry Finn in Hartford, Connecticut. Recently, scholars learned that Walt Whitman rarely left his room Picture Quote #1

Walt Whitman and Emerson are the poets who have given the world more than anyone else. Perhaps Whitman is not so widely read in England, but England never appreciates a poet until he is dead Picture Quote #1

Everybody is writing, writing, writing - worst of all, writing poetry. It’d be better if the whole tribe of the scribblers - every damned one of us - were sent off somewhere with tool chests to do some honest work Picture Quote #1

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Lo! body and soul!--this land! Mighty Manhattan, with spires, and The sparkling and hurrying tides, and the ships; The varied and ample land,--the South And the North in the light--Ohio’s shores, and flashing Missouri, And ever the far-spreading prairies, covered with grass and corn Picture Quote #1

Day by day and night by night we were together - all else has long been forgotten by me Picture Quote #1

Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing, Done with indoor complaints, libraries, querulous criticisms, Strong and content I travel the open road Picture Quote #1

I think I could always live with animals. The more you’re around people, the more you love animals Picture Quote #1

Be not ashamed women, ... You are the gates of the body, and you are the gates of the soul Picture Quote #1

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you Picture Quote #1

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I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don’t believe I deserved my friends Picture Quote #1

Human bodies are words, myriads of words, (In the best poems re-appears the body, man’s or woman’s, well-shaped, natural, gay, Every part able, active, receptive, without shame or the need of shame.) Picture Quote #1

So here I sit in the early candle-light of old age-I and my book-casting backward glances over out travel’d road Picture Quote #1

...of two simple men I saw today on the pier in the midst of the crowd, parting the parting of dear friends, the one to remain hung on the other’s neck and passionately kissed him. While the one to depart tightly pressed the one to remain in his arms Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I have sometimes thought that the laws ought not to punish those actions of evil which are committed when the senses are steeped in intoxication Picture Quote #1

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So who’s perfect? ... Washington had false teeth. Franklin was nearsighted. Mussolini had syphilis. Unpleasant things have been said about Walt Whitman and Oscar Wilde. Tchaikovsky had his problems, too. And Lincoln was constipated Picture Quote #1

The smallest sprout shows there is really no death. And if ever there was it led forward life, and does not wait at the end to arrest it Picture Quote #1

The past, the future, majesty, love - if they are vacant of you, you are vacant of them Picture Quote #1

It is only the novice in political economy who thinks it is the duty of government to make its citizens happy - government has no such office Picture Quote #1

Great is Youth--equally great is Old Age--great are Day and Night. Great is Wealth--great is Poverty--great is Expression-great is Silence Picture Quote #1

There is no place like it, no place with an atom of its glory, pride, and exultancy. It lays its hand upon a man’s bowels; he grows drunk with ecstasy; he grows young and full of glory, he feels that he can never die Picture Quote #1

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There was a child went forth every day, And the first object he looked upon, that object he became (Walt Whitman Quotes) From this hour I ordain myself loos’d of limits and imaginary lines. Going where I list, my own master, total and absolute. Listening to others, and considering well what they say. Pausing, searching, receiving, contemplating. Gently but with undeniable will, divesting myself of the holds that would hold me (Walt Whitman Quotes) Did you, too, O friend, suppose democracy was only for elections, for politics, and for a party name? I say democracy is only of use there that it may pass on and come to its flower and fruit in manners, in the highest forms of interaction between people, and their beliefs - in religion, literature, colleges and schools- democracy in all public and private life (Walt Whitman Quotes) Do you see O my brothers and sisters? It is not chaos or death, it is form, union, plan, it is eternal life, it is happiness (Walt Whitman Quotes) As Walt Whitman correctly surmised, we are large and we harbour multitudes within us. And those multitudes are locked in chronic battle. There is an ongoing conversation among the different factions in your brain, each competing to control the single output channel of your behaviour (Walt Whitman Quotes) O magnet-South! O glistening perfumed South! My South! O quick mettle, rich blood, impulse and love! Good and evil! O all dear to me! (Walt Whitman Quotes) We all have great things on our bucket lists like skydiving, seeing the Northern Lights etc, but what about simply falling in love? Isn’t that the most amazing thing we can do? (Walt Whitman Quotes) A Song of the good green grass! A song no more of the city streets; A song of farms - a song of the soil of fields. A song with the smell of sun-dried hay, where the nimble pitchers handle the pitch-fork; A song tasting of new wheat, and of fresh-husk’d maize (Walt Whitman Quotes) Camden was originally an accident, but I shall never be sorry I was left over in Camden. It has brought me blessed returns (Walt Whitman Quotes) Write about winter in the summer. Describe Norway as Ibsen did, from a desk in Italy; describe Dublin as James Joyce did, from a desk in Paris. Willa Cather wrote her prairie novels in New York City; Mark Twain wrote Huckleberry Finn in Hartford, Connecticut. Recently, scholars learned that Walt Whitman rarely left his room (Walt Whitman Quotes) Walt Whitman and Emerson are the poets who have given the world more than anyone else. Perhaps Whitman is not so widely read in England, but England never appreciates a poet until he is dead (Walt Whitman Quotes) Everybody is writing, writing, writing - worst of all, writing poetry. It’d be better if the whole tribe of the scribblers - every damned one of us - were sent off somewhere with tool chests to do some honest work (Walt Whitman Quotes) Lo! body and soul!--this land! Mighty Manhattan, with spires, and The sparkling and hurrying tides, and the ships; The varied and ample land,--the South And the North in the light--Ohio’s shores, and flashing Missouri, And ever the far-spreading prairies, covered with grass and corn (Walt Whitman Quotes) Day by day and night by night we were together - all else has long been forgotten by me (Walt Whitman Quotes) Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing, Done with indoor complaints, libraries, querulous criticisms, Strong and content I travel the open road. (Walt Whitman Quotes) I think I could always live with animals. The more you’re around people, the more you love animals. (Walt Whitman Quotes) Be not ashamed women, ... You are the gates of the body, and you are the gates of the soul. (Walt Whitman Quotes) Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you (Walt Whitman Quotes) I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don’t believe I deserved my friends (Walt Whitman Quotes) Human bodies are words, myriads of words, (In the best poems re-appears the body, man’s or woman’s, well-shaped, natural, gay, Every part able, active, receptive, without shame or the need of shame.) (Walt Whitman Quotes) So here I sit in the early candle-light of old age-I and my book-casting backward glances over out travel’d road. (Walt Whitman Quotes) ...of two simple men I saw today on the pier in the midst of the crowd, parting the parting of dear friends, the one to remain hung on the other’s neck and passionately kissed him. While the one to depart tightly pressed the one to remain in his arms. (Walt Whitman Quotes) 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. (Walt Whitman Quotes) I have sometimes thought that the laws ought not to punish those actions of evil which are committed when the senses are steeped in intoxication. (Walt Whitman Quotes) So who’s perfect? ... Washington had false teeth. Franklin was nearsighted. Mussolini had syphilis. Unpleasant things have been said about Walt Whitman and Oscar Wilde. Tchaikovsky had his problems, too. And Lincoln was constipated. (Walt Whitman Quotes) The smallest sprout shows there is really no death. And if ever there was it led forward life, and does not wait at the end to arrest it. (Walt Whitman Quotes) The past, the future, majesty, love - if they are vacant of you, you are vacant of them (Walt Whitman Quotes) It is only the novice in political economy who thinks it is the duty of government to make its citizens happy - government has no such office. (Walt Whitman Quotes) Great is Youth--equally great is Old Age--great are Day and Night. Great is Wealth--great is Poverty--great is Expression-great is Silence. (Walt Whitman Quotes) There is no place like it, no place with an atom of its glory, pride, and exultancy. It lays its hand upon a man’s bowels; he grows drunk with ecstasy; he grows young and full of glory, he feels that he can never die. (Walt Whitman Quotes)

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