Where the earth is, we are.
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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I am the man, I suffered, I was there.
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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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The ecstasy is so short but the forgetting is so long.
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The future is no more uncertain than the present.
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Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.
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Whoever degrades another degrades me, And whatever is done or said returns at last to me.
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I accept reality and dare not question it.
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Happiness, not in another place but this place, not for another hour, but this hour.
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Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.
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The gift is to the giver, and comes back most to him – it cannot fail.
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Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.
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Clear and sweet is my soul, clear and sweet is all that is not my soul.
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Either define the moment or the moment will define you.
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I give you my hand, I give you my love more precious than money, I give you myself before preaching or law; Will you give me yourself?
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Peace is always beautiful.
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