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

Quote by Walt Whitman

Topics: Walt Whitman Quotes

If anything is sacred, the human body is sacred

If anything is sacred, the human body is sacred

And I will show that nothing can happen more beautiful than death.

And I will show that nothing can happen more beautiful than death.

I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work....

I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work....

Do you know that Old Age may come after you with equal grace, force, fascination?

Do you know that Old Age may come after you with equal grace, force, fascination?

When I give, I give myself.

When I give, I give myself.

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,...

I dote on myself, there is that lot of me and all so luscious.

I dote on myself, there is that lot of me and all so luscious.

Character and personal force are the only investments worth anything

Character and personal force are the only investments worth anything

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

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

Whoever degrades another degrades me, And whatever is done or said returns at last to...

Whoever degrades another degrades me, And whatever is done or said returns at last to...

Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you...

Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you...

Youth, large, lusty, loving - Youth, full of grace, force, fascination. Do you know that...

Youth, large, lusty, loving - Youth, full of grace, force, fascination. Do you know that...

The real war will never get in the books

The real war will never get in the books

There is no object so soft but it makes a hub for the wheeled universe.

There is no object so soft but it makes a hub for the wheeled universe.

The earth, that is sufficient, I do not want the constellations any nearer, I know...

The earth, that is sufficient, I do not want the constellations any nearer, I know...

I find no sweeter fat than sticks to my own bones.

I find no sweeter fat than sticks to my own bones.

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

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

Damn all expurgated books, the dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.

Damn all expurgated books, the dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.

God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead,...

God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead,...

England has two books, one which she has made and one which has made her:...

England has two books, one which she has made and one which has made her:...