The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it.
WALT WHITMANResist much, obey little.
More Walt Whitman Quotes
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Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.
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Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.
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What is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the print I have read in my life.
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The powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.
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I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least.
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All the things of the universe are perfect miracles, each as profound as any.
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Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.
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As soon as histories are properly told there is no more need of romances.
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I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey work of the stars.
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The ecstasy is so short but the forgetting is so long.
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I am satisfied, I see, dance, laugh, sing.
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All beauty comes from beautiful blood and a beautiful brain.
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The whole purpose of the universe is unerringly aimed at one thing – you.
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The earth is rude, silent, incomprehensible at first; Be not discouraged – keep on – there are divine things, well envelop’d; I swear to you there are divine things more beautiful than words can tell.
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Resist much, obey little.
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