I am larger, better than I thought; I did not know I held so much goodness.
WALT WHITMANI am larger, better than I thought; I did not know I held so much goodness.
WALT WHITMANA morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.
WALT WHITMANA man is a great thing upon the earth and through eternity; but every jot of the greatness of man is unfolded out of woman.
WALT WHITMANTo drive free, to love free, to court destruction with taunts, to feed the remainder of life with one hour of fullness and freedom – one brief hour of madness and joy.
WALT WHITMANI have learned that to be with those I like is enough.
WALT WHITMANAll the things of the universe are perfect miracles, each as profound as any.
WALT WHITMANProduce great men, the rest follows.
WALT WHITMANI hate commas in the wrong places.
WALT WHITMANWhatever satisfies the soul is truth.
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 no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don’t believe I deserved my friends.
WALT WHITMANI celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.
WALT WHITMANI hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least.
WALT WHITMANNothing endures but personal qualities.
WALT WHITMANBehold I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give myself.
WALT WHITMANAnd there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
WALT WHITMAN