We consider bibles and religions divine I do not say they are not divine. I say they have all grown out of you, and may grow out of you still. It is not they who give the life, it is you who give the life.

Walt Whitman

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Those who love each other shall become invincible.

Walt Whitman

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Give me the splendid, silent sun with all his beams full-dazzling.

Walt Whitman

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Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.

Walt Whitman

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Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.

Walt Whitman

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Afoot and lighthearted I take to the open road, healthy, free, the world before me.

Walt Whitman

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NOT I - NOT ANYONE else, can travel that road for you, You must travel it for yourself.

Walt Whitman

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I swear to you, there are divine things more beautiful than words can tell

Walt Whitman

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Resist much, obey little.

Walt Whitman

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Now, Voyager, sail thou forth, to seek and find."

Walt Whitman

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O YOU whom I often and silently come where you are, that I may be with you; As I walk by your side, or sit near, or remain in the same room with you, Little you know the subtle electric fire that for your sake is playing within me.

Walt Whitman

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Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give myself.

Walt Whitman

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Love the earth and sun and animals, Despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, Stand up for the stupid and crazy, Devote your income and labor to others... And your very flesh shall be a great poem.

Walt Whitman

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Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road. Healthy, free, the world before me. The long brown path before me leading me wherever I choose. Henceforth, I ask not good fortune, I myself am good fortune. Henceforth, I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing.

Walt Whitman

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The future is no more uncertain than the present.

Walt Whitman

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I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contain'd, I stand and look at them long and long.

Walt Whitman

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I will sleep no more but arise, You oceans that have been calm within me! how I feel you, fathomless, stirring, preparing unprecedented waves and storms.

Walt Whitman

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I am not to speak to you, I am to think of you when I sit alone or wake at night alone, I am to wait, I do not doubt I am to meet you again, I am to see to it that I do not lose you.

Walt Whitman

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O captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done. The ship has weather'd every wrack The prize we sought is won The port is near, the bells I hear The people all exulting While follow eyes, the steady keel The vessel grim and daring But Heart! Heart! Heart! O the bleeding drops of red Where on the deck my captain lies Fallen cold and dead.

Walt Whitman

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Be not ashamed women, ... You are the gates of the body, and you are the gates of the soul.

Walt Whitman

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Re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, 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

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