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 WHITMANOnly themselves understand themselves and the like of themselves, As souls only understand souls.
More Walt Whitman Quotes
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Either define the moment or the moment will define you.
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All truths wait in all things.
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I am the man, I suffered, I was there.
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Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.
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When the materials are all prepared and ready, the architects shall appear.
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A writer can do nothing for men more necessary, satisfying, than just simply to reveal to them the infinite possibility of their own souls.
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The gift is to the giver, and comes back most to him – it cannot fail.
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Pointing to another world will never stop vice among us; shedding light over this world can alone help us.
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Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give myself.
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Battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.
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Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.
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I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.
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I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least.
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
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Do anything, but let it produce joy.
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