To me every hour of the light and dark is a miracle, every cubic inch of space is a miracle.

- Walt Whitman

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

- Walt Whitman

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

- Walt Whitman

All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candor.

- Walt Whitman

And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.

- Walt Whitman

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

- Leaves of Grass , Walt Whitman

And your very flesh shall be a great poem.

- Walt Whitman

Be curious, not judgmental.

- Walt Whitman

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

- Walt Whitman

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

- Walt Whitman

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

- Walt Whitman

Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.

- Leaves of Grass , Walt Whitman

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?

- Walt Whitman

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

- Walt Whitman

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

- Walt Whitman

I am for those who believe in loose delights, I share the midnight orgies of young men, I dance with the dancers and drink with the drinkers.

- Walt Whitman

If anything is sacred, the human body is sacred.

- Walt Whitman