A writer can do nothing for men more necessary, satisfying, than just simply to reveal to them the infinite possibility of their own souls.
WALT WHITMANThe proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it.
More Walt Whitman Quotes
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Be curious, not judgmental.
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Only themselves understand themselves and the like of themselves, As souls only understand souls.
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Day by day and night by night we were together – all else has long been forgotten by me.
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There is no God any more divine than Yourself.
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The powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.
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I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.
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To have great poets, there must be great audiences.
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All music is is what awakes from you when you are reminded by the instruments.
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There will never be any more perfection than there is now.
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You want to know a sure way to lose money? Buy what’s popular and don’t know what you are investing in.
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Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you. You must travel it by yourself. It is not far. It is within reach. Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know. Perhaps it is everywhere – on water and land.
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Either define the moment or the moment will define you.
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I and this mystery, here we stand.
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The habit of giving only enhances the desire to give.
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A man is a great thing upon the earth and through eternity; but every jot of the greatness of man is unfolded out of woman.
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