Quotes by
Walt Whitman |
1819-1892 , American poet
American poet, essayist, and journalist. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse.His work was very controversial in its time, particularly his poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which was described as obscene for its overt sexuality.
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Quotations
| • | What do you suppose will satisfy the soul except to walk free and own no superior? 11 |
| • | In the faces of men and women I see God. 7 |
| • | Battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won. 7 |
| • | Either define the moment or the moment will define you. 6 |
| • | Your very flesh shall be a great poem. 5 |
| • | If you done it, it ain't bragging. 5 |
| • | I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least. 4 |
| • | I say the whole earth and all the stars in the sky are for religion’s sake. 4 |
| • | If you want me again look for me under your boot soles. 4 |
| • | I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best. 4 |
| • | I have learned that to be with those I like is enough. 4 |
| • | We were together. I forget the rest. 4 |
| • | Resist much, obey little. 4 |
| • | Whoever degrades another degrades me. 3 |
| • | Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes. 3 |
| • | I do not ask the wounded person how he feels, I myself become the wounded person. 3 |
| • | Be curious, not judgmental. 3 |
| • | Whatever satisfies the soul is truth. 3 |
Quotes in Verse
| • | To me every hour of the light and dark is a miracle, Every cubic inch of space is a miracle. 4 |
| • | O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting. 4 |
| • | Happiness, not in another place but this place… not for another hour, but this hour. 4 |
| • | I sound my barbaric yawp over the rooftops of the world. 4 |
| • | O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done! The ship has weathered every wrack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting. 4 |
| • | Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself; I am large I contain multitudes. 3 |
