Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give myself. Walt Whitman More Quotes by Walt Whitman More Quotes From Walt Whitman Note, to-day, an instructive, curious spectacle and conflict. Science, (twin, in its fields, of Democracy in its)—Science, testing absolutely all thoughts, all works, has already burst well upon the world—a sun, mounting, most illuminating, most glorious—surely never again to set. But against it, deeply entrench'd, holding possession, yet remains, (not only through the churches and schools, but by imaginative literature, and unregenerate poetry,) the fossil theology of the mythic-materialistic, superstitious, untaught and credulous, fable-loving, primitive ages of humanity. Walt Whitman democracyhumanityschool The road to wisdom is paved with excess. The mark of a true writer is their ability to mystify the familiar and familiarize the strange. Walt Whitman excessmarkstrange Nothing endures but personal qualities. Walt Whitman personal-qualitiesendurancequality Love, that is day and night - love, that is sun and moon and stars, Love, that is crimson, sumptuous, sick with perfume, no other words but words of love, no other thought but love. Walt Whitman starsmoonlife To 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 Whitman hoursmadnessjoy Do you see O my brothers and sisters? It is not chaos or death, it is form, union, plan, it is eternal life, it is happiness. Walt Whitman unionsbrotherdeath My call is the call of battle- I nourish active rebellion;/ He going with me must go well armed. Walt Whitman rebellionrevolutionbattle Dismiss whatever insults your soul. Walt Whitman your-soulinsultsoul Keep your face always toward the sunshine everything could be worse but isn't and so we are justified in being grateful - and shadows everything could be better but isn't and so it is easy to be bitter 'unless you decide to look on the bright side will fall behind you. Walt Whitman gratitudegratefulfall There was never any more inception than there is now, Walt Whitman perfectionageheaven Where the earth is, we are. Walt Whitman environmentalearth I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable. Walt Whitman leaves-of-grasstamedbits Every moment of light and dark is a miracle. Walt Whitman darkinspirationallife I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars. Walt Whitman starsnaturebelieve I Think it is lost.....but nothing is ever lost nor can be lost . The body sluggish, aged, cold, the ember left from earlier fires shall duly flame again. Walt Whitman flamesfirethinking The whole purpose of the universe is unerringly aimed at one thing - you. Walt Whitman one-thingpurposewhole All beauty comes from beautiful blood and a beautiful brain. Walt Whitman brainbeautifulblood Whoever you are, now I place my hand upon you/ That you may be my poem/ I whisper with my lips close to your ear/ I have loved many women and men, but I love none better than you. Walt Whitman leaves-of-grassmenhands There will soon be no more priests... They may wait awhile, perhaps a generation or two, dropping off by degrees. A superior breed shall take their place. A new order shall arise and they shall be the priests of man, and every man shall be his own priest. Walt Whitman mentwoorder Why who makes much of a miracle? As to me I know nothing else but miracles, whether they be animals feeding in the fields, Or, birds, or the wonderfulness of insects in the air, Or the wonderfulness of the sundown, or of stars shining so quiet and bright, Or the exquisite delicate thin curve of the new moon in spring; These, with the rest, one and all, are to me, miracles. Walt Whitman starsmoonspring
