A heroic person walks at his ease through and out of that custom or precedent or authority that suits him not. Walt Whitman (1819 – 1892)
Walt Whitman Quote – “I exist as I am, that is enough…”
I exist as I am — that is enough. If no other in the world be aware, I sit content. Walt Whitman (1819 – 1892)
Walt Whitman Quote – “It is not far, it is within reach…”
It is not far, it is within reach. Perhaps you have been on it since you were born and did not know. Walt Whitman (1819 – 1892)
Walt Whitman Quote – “You have not known what you are…”
You have not known what you are, you have slumbered upon yourself all your life… Whoever you are! Claim your own. Walt Whitman (1819 – 1892)
Walt Whitman Quote – “I do not trouble my spirit to vindicate itself…”
I do not trouble my spirit to vindicate itself or be understood… I see that the elementary laws never apologize. Walt Whitman (1819 – 1892)
Walt Whitman Quote – “I confess I have urged you onward with me, and still urge you…”
Dear camerado! I confess I have urged you onward with me, and still urge you, without the least idea what is our destination, Or whether we shall be victorious, or utterly quell’d and defeated. Walt Whitman (1819 – 1892)
Walt Whitman Quote – “There is apart from mere intellect, in the make-up of every superior human identity…”
There is apart from mere intellect, in the make-up of every superior human identity, a wondrous something that realizes without argument, frequently without what is called education (though I think it the goal and apex of all education deserving the name), an intuition of the absolute balance, in time and space, of the whole of this multifariousness, this revel of […]
Walt Whitman Quote – “The central urge in every atom…”
The central urge in every atom, to return to its divine source and origin. Walt Whitman (1819 – 1892)
Walt Whitman Quote – “Dismiss whatever insults your own soul…”
Dismiss whatever insults your own soul, and your very flesh shall be a great poem, and have the richest fluency, not only in its words, but in the silent lines of its lips and face, and between the lashes of your eyes, and in every motion and joint of your body. Walt Whitman (1819 – 1892)