If anything is sacred, the human body is sacred

Quote by Walt Whitman

Topics: Body Quotes

I exist as I am, that is enough.

I exist as I am, that is enough.

Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes...

Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes...

Did you, too, O friend, suppose democracy was only for elections, for politics, and for...

Did you, too, O friend, suppose democracy was only for elections, for politics, and for...

Comrade, I give you my hand, I give you my love more precious than money,...

Comrade, I give you my hand, I give you my love more precious than money,...

He (President Abraham Lincoln) has a face like a hoosier Michael Angelo, so awful ugly...

He (President Abraham Lincoln) has a face like a hoosier Michael Angelo, so awful ugly...

If you done it, it ain't bragging.

If you done it, it ain't bragging.

Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet...

Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet...

To die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier.

To die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier.

The future is no more uncertain than the present.

The future is no more uncertain than the present.

Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.

Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.

There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks...

There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks...

Seeing, hearing and feeling are miracles, and each part and tag of me is a...

Seeing, hearing and feeling are miracles, and each part and tag of me is a...

I shall use America and democracy as convertible terms

I shall use America and democracy as convertible terms

In the faces of men and women I see God

In the faces of men and women I see God

We convince by our presence.

We convince by our presence.

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

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

In the confusion we stay with each other, happy to be together, speaking without uttering...

In the confusion we stay with each other, happy to be together, speaking without uttering...

I cannot be awake for nothing looks to me as it did before, Or else...

I cannot be awake for nothing looks to me as it did before, Or else...

And your very flesh shall be a great poem.

And your very flesh shall be a great poem.

I celebrate myself, and sing myself.

I celebrate myself, and sing myself.