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

Quote by Walt Whitman

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

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

The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem.

The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem.

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.

If any thing is sacred, the human body is sacred.

If any thing is sacred, the human body is sacred.

Simplicity is the glory of expression

Simplicity is the glory of expression

Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with...

Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with...

The real war will never get in the books

The real war will never get in the books

Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in...

Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in...

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...

Produce great men, the rest follows.

Produce great men, the rest follows.

The whole theory of the universe is directed unerringly to one single individual

The whole theory of the universe is directed unerringly to one single individual

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

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

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

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

Nothing endures but personal qualities.

Nothing endures but personal qualities.

Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul.

Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul.

I heard what was said of the universe, heard it and heard it of several...

I heard what was said of the universe, heard it and heard it of several...

Judging from the main portions of the history of the world, so far, justice is...

Judging from the main portions of the history of the world, so far, justice is...

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

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

We convince by our presence.

We convince by our presence.

O public road, I say back I am not afraid to leave you, yet I...

O public road, I say back I am not afraid to leave you, yet I...