Walt Whitman quotes - page 6

I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least. (Walt Whitman)
A writer can do nothing for men more necessary, satisfying, than just simply to reveal to them the infinite possibility of their own souls. View quote
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My words itch at your ears till you understand them. View quote
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You will hardly know who I am or what I mean. View quote
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This hour I tell things in confidence/ I might not tell everybody, but I will tell you. View quote
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There was never any more inception than there is now, Nor any more youth or age than there is now; And will never be any more perfection than there is now, Nor any more heaven or hell than there is now. View quote
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I and this mystery, here we stand. View quote
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The powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. View quote
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But where is what I started for so long ago? And why is it yet unfound? View quote
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storming, enjoying, planning, loving, cautioning, Backing and filling, appearing and disappearing, I tread day and night such roads. View quote
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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)
Long have you timidly waded Holding a plank by the shore, Now I will you to be a bold swimmer, To jump off in the midst of the sea, Rise again, nod to me, shout, And laughingly dash with your hair. View quote
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Oh captain my captain. View quote
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Give me juicy autumnal fruit, ripe and red from the orchard." []. View quote
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I have said that the soul is not more than the body, And I have said that the body is not more than the soul, And nothing, not God, is greater to one than one's-self is. View quote
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The strongest and sweetest songs yet remain to be sung. View quote
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Whoever is not in his coffin and the dark grave, let him know he has enough. View quote
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TO the States or any one of them, or any city of the States, Resist much, obey little, Once unquestioning obedience, once fully enslaved, Once fully enslaved, no nation, state, city of this earth, ever after-ward resumes its liberty. View quote
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I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable. View quote
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I think I will do nothing for a long time but listen, And accrue what I hear into myself... and let sound contribute toward me. View quote
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Only themselves understand themselves and the like of themselves, As souls only understand souls. (Walt Whitman)
This is the city, and I am one of the citizens/Whatever interests the rest interests me. View quote
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I am larger, better than I thought; I did not know I held so much goodness. View quote
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Are you the new person drawn toward me? View quote
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I meet new Walt Whitmans everyday. There are a dozen of them afloat. I don't know which Walt Whitman I am. View quote
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