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

Quote by Walt Whitman

Topics: Departure Quotes

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...

I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends.

I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends.

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.

I know nothing grander, better exercise, better digestion, more positive proof of the past, the...

I know nothing grander, better exercise, better digestion, more positive proof of the past, the...

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until...

Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until...

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

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

To have great poets, there must be great audiences.

To have great poets, there must be great audiences.

The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or...

The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or...

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

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

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...

And your very flesh shall be a great poem.

And your very flesh shall be a great poem.

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...

Here or henceforward it is all the same to me, I accept Time absolutely.

Here or henceforward it is all the same to me, I accept Time absolutely.

The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.

The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.

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...

Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and...

Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and...

Be curious, not judgmental.

Be curious, not judgmental.

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

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