Quotes by Walt Whitman

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“ 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-

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.

poor boy! I never knew you, Yet I think I could not refuse this moment to die for you, if that would save you

Some people are so much sunshine to the square inch.

Argue not concerning God,…re-examine all that you have been told at church or school or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your soul…

I am larger, better than I thought; I did not know I held so much goodness.All seems beautiful to me.Whoever denies me, it shall not trouble me;Whoever accepts me, he or she shall be blessed, and shall bless me.

Pointing to another world will never stop vice among us; shedding light over this world can alone help us.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

I am larger, better than I thought; I did not know I held so much goodness

I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.

It's not your job to like me - it's my job to be likable.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows. It's what you're thinking about that makes you happy or sad.

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

I celebrate myself, and sing myself,

Introducing Walt Whitman