Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.

Quote by Walt Whitman

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I say to mankind, Be not curious about God. For I, who am curious about...

I say to mankind, Be not curious about God. For I, who am curious about...

The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be...

The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be...

It [baseball] will take our people out-of-doors, fill them with oxygen, give them a larger...

It [baseball] will take our people out-of-doors, fill them with oxygen, give them a larger...

The poet judges not as a judge judges but as the sun falling around a...

The poet judges not as a judge judges but as the sun falling around a...

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

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

The real war will never get in the books

The real war will never get in the books

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

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

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 shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man...

The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man...

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,...

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

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

Simplicity is the glory of expression

Simplicity is the glory of expression

This is what you shall do: love the earth and sun, and animals, despise riches,...

This is what you shall do: love the earth and sun, and animals, despise riches,...

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...

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.

The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem.

The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem.

Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it...

Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it...

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

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