• Categories
  • Walt Whitman Quotes   494
  • ...of two simple men I saw today on the pier in the midst of the crowd, parting the parting of dear friends, the one to remain hung on the other's neck and passionately kissed him. While the one to depart tightly pressed the one to remain in his arms.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Walt Whitman Quotes , Simple Quotes , Men Quotes
  • Without enough wilderness America will change. Democracy, with its myriad personalities and increasing sophistication, must be fibred and vitalized by regular contact with outdoor growths - animals, trees, sun warmth and free skies - or it will dwindle and pale.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Walt Whitman Quotes , Animal Quotes , Sky Quotes
  • You will hardly know who I am or what I mean, But I shall be good health to you nevertheless, And filter and fibre your blood. Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged, Missing me one place search another, I stop somewhere waiting for you.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Walt Whitman Quotes , Mean Quotes , Who I Am Quotes
  • I think I could turn and live with the animals, they are so placid and self contained; I stand and look at them long and long. They do not sweat and whine about their condition; They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins; They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God; Not one is dissatisfied-not one is demented with the mania of owning things; Not one kneels to another, nor his kind that lived thousands of years ago; Not one is responsible or industrious over the whole earth.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Walt Whitman Quotes , Lying Quotes , Dark Quotes