The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world.
WALT WHITMANThe great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world.
WALT WHITMANNothing endures but personal qualities.
WALT WHITMANThe 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.
WALT WHITMANThese are the days that must happen to you.
WALT WHITMANIn the faces of men and women, I see God.
WALT WHITMANBattles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.
WALT WHITMANHappiness, not in another place but this place, not for another hour, but this hour.
WALT WHITMANI see great things in baseball. It’s our game – the American game.
WALT WHITMANA man can be a hero in any profession.
WALT WHITMANThere is no God any more divine than Yourself.
WALT WHITMANI 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?
WALT WHITMANI am satisfied, I see, dance, laugh, sing.
WALT WHITMANWisdom is not finally tested by the schools, Wisdom cannot be pass’d from one having it to another not having it, Wisdom is of the soul, is not susceptible of proof, is its own proof.
WALT WHITMANI hate commas in the wrong places.
WALT WHITMANWhat is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the print I have read in my life.
WALT WHITMANWhen the materials are all prepared and ready, the architects shall appear.
WALT WHITMAN