Quotes by Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

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O Me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; Of the endless trains of the faithless—of cities fill’d with the f — Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
The untold want, by life and land ne'er granted,Now, Voyager, sail thou forth, to seek and find. — Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
I am larger, better than I thought; I did not know I held so much goodness.All seems beautiful to me.Whoever denies me, — Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
TO the States or any one of them, or any city of the States, Resist much, obey little, Once unquestioning obedience, onc — Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
Of Equality--as if it harm'd me, giving others the same chances and rights as myself--as if it were not indispensable to — Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
re-examine all you have been told in school or church or in any book, and dismiss whatever insults your own soul; and yo — Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
Why should I wish to see God better than this day?I see something of God each hour of the twenty-four, and each moment t — Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
Here is the test of wisdom, Wisdom is not finally tested in schools, Wisdom cannot be pass’d from one having it to anoth — Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
Resist much, obey little. — Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
Peace is always beautiful. — Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
If you want me again look for me under your boot soles. — Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable, I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world. — Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
This is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless, Away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson d — Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
I believe in the flesh and the appetites; Seeing, hearing, feeling, are miracles, and each part and tag of me is a mirac — Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume,For every atom belonging to me as good belongs t — Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
For we cannot tarry here,We must march my darlings, we must bear the brunt of danger,We, the youthful sinewy races, all — Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
Battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won. — Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
not one escaped to tell the fall of Alamo,The hundred & fifty are dumb yet at Alamo. — Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
Come, said my SoulSuch verses for my Body let us write, (for we are one,)That should I after death invisibly return,Or, — Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
Why should I be afraid to trust myself to you? I am not afraid, I have been well brought forward by you... — Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass