Nothing endures but personal qualities.

Quote by Walt Whitman

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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.

The beautiful uncut hair of graves.

The beautiful uncut hair of graves.

Freedom - to walk free and own no superior.

Freedom - to walk free and own no superior.

Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.

Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.

I accept reality and dare not question it.

I accept reality and dare not question it.

Be curious, not judgmental.

Be curious, not judgmental.

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...

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.

Produce great men, the rest follows.

Produce great men, the rest follows.

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

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

I shall use America and democracy as convertible terms

I shall use America and democracy as convertible terms

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

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

The words of my book nothing, the drift of it everything.

The words of my book nothing, the drift of it everything.

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...

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

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

There is no week nor day nor hour when tyranny may not enter upon this...

There is no week nor day nor hour when tyranny may not enter upon this...

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

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

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

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

The body of a young woman is God's greatest achievement. Of course He could have...

The body of a young woman is God's greatest achievement. Of course He could have...

You know what they say: if God had been a Liberal, we wouldn't have had...

You know what they say: if God had been a Liberal, we wouldn't have had...