Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.
WALT WHITMANNot 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.
More Walt Whitman Quotes
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Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.
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God is a mean-spirited, pugnacious bully bent on revenge against His children for failing to live up to his impossible standards.
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Every hour of every day is an unspeakably perfect miracle.
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I discover myself on the verge of a usual mistake.
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Touch me, touch the palm of your hand to my body as I pass, Be not afraid of my body.
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Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.
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The truth is simple. If it was complicated, everyone would understand it.
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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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I swear to you, there are divine things more beautiful than words can tell.
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The powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.
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Do anything, but let it produce joy.
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Be curious, not judgmental.
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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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Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give myself.
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Some people are so much sunshine to the square inch.
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