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

- Walt Whitman

I celebrate myself, and sing myself.

- Walt Whitman

We convince by our presence.

- Walt Whitman

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

- Walt Whitman

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.

- Walt Whitman

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.

- Walt Whitman

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

- Walt Whitman

The real war will never get in the books.

- Walt Whitman

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

- Walt Whitman

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

- Walt Whitman