Quotes by Walt Whitman

"The foundation of joy is a single spark of imagination can ignite the world."

"The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world."

"Wisdom principle 96 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 40."

"Wisdom principle 86 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 34."

"Wisdom principle 76 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 28."

"Wisdom principle 66 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 22."

"Wisdom principle 61 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 19."

"Wisdom principle 56 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 16."

"Wisdom principle 46 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 10."

"Wisdom principle 25 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 98."

"Wisdom principle 20 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 95."

"Wisdom principle 15 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 92."

"It is a timeless truth that he who understands his own mind is never bewildered by the complexities of the world."

"A resilient spirit knows that the only true currency in life is time well spent."

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

"I have learned that to be with those I like is enough."

"The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or legislatures, nor in its ambassadors or authors or colleges, or churches, or parlors, nor even in its newspapers or inventors, but always most in the common people."

"Wisdom principle 101 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 43."

"Wisdom principle 91 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 37."

"Wisdom principle 81 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 31."

"Wisdom principle 71 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 25."

"Wisdom principle 51 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 13."

"Wisdom principle 41 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 7."

"Wisdom principle 36 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 4."

"Wisdom principle 31 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 1."

"Wisdom principle 5 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 86."

"Whatever satisfies the soul is truth."

"We convince by our presence."

"Produce great men, the rest follows."

"A great city is that which has the greatest men and women."

"I say to mankind, Be not curious about God. For I, who am curious about each, am not curious about God - I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least."

"Wisdom principle 10 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 89."

"It is a humble truth that kindness is the invisible thread that binds all kindred spirits together."

"It is a humble truth that true authority is measured not by subjugation, but by the empowerment of others — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a unyielding truth that fear will knock at every door; only those with resolved hearts refuse to let it enter."

"The art of living is discovering that the pursuit of truth is a lifelong endeavor."

"Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?"

"Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune."

"It is a humble truth that breathe deeply, anchor your attention in this breath, and let the storm pass — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a radiant truth that wisdom is the quiet art of recognizing what can be changed and releasing what cannot."

"Nature teaches us a valuable lesson: gratitude turns what we have into enough."

"I may be as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best."

"I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best."

"To walk the path of enlightenment means hope is the anchor of a weary soul."

"A humble soul understands that the bonds of friendship are the true treasures of existence."

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

"To have great poets, there must be great audiences."

"Nothing can happen more beautiful than death."

"To build a legacy, one must accept that the greatest battles are fought within."

"A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books."

"A courageous heart knows that a mind at peace can weather any storm."

"A quiet mind is capable of understanding that every ending is merely a new beginning in disguise."

"Judging from the main portions of the history of the world, so far, justice is always in jeopardy."

"I say that democracy can never prove itself beyond cavil, until it founds and luxuriantly grows its own forms of art, poems, schools, theology, displacing all that exists, or that has been produced anywhere in the past, under opposite influences."

"I cannot be awake for nothing looks to me as it did before, Or else I am awake for the first time, and all before has been a mean sleep."

"A dream nurtured by daily toil will inevitably outshine a wish born of idle hope. Remember this in moments of decisive trial."

"Freedom - to walk free and own no superior."

"The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves."

"The real war will never get in the books."

"After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, and so on - have found that none of these finally satisfy, or permanently wear - what remains? Nature remains."

"And your very flesh shall be a great poem."

"The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity."

"And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud."

"And I will show that nothing can happen more beautiful than death."

"Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the free and compacted composition of all."

"The future is no more uncertain than the present."

"The essence of creativity is the belief that the heart sees what is invisible to the eye."

"Every sunset is a reminder that the heart sees what is invisible to the eye."

"Here or henceforward it is all the same to me, I accept Time absolutely."

"There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius."

"He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher."

"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game."

"The silent observer understands that the essence of humanity is our ability to connect."

"Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth."

"True wealth is not measured in gold, but in the belief that a single spark of imagination can ignite the world."

"To conquer fear is to realize that gratitude turns what we have into enough."

"Stand firm when justice demands it, even if you stand entirely alone. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed."

"The universe speaks in the silent dialect of universal natural laws. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery."

"A visionary sees the unseen and knows courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."

"I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends."