Walt Whitman

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

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?

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

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

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

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

I know not age, nor weariness nor defeat.

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

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

Resist much, obey little.