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

Quote by Walt Whitman

Topics: Departure Quotes

The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he...

The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he...

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...

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...

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

Nothing can happen more beautiful than death.

Nothing can happen more beautiful than death.

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

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

And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his...

And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his...

The real war will never get in the books

The real war will never get in the books

Character and personal force are the only investments worth anything

Character and personal force are the only investments worth anything

The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem.

The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem.

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

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

Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet...

Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet...

Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.

Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.

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...

I exist as I am, that is enough.

I exist as I am, that is enough.

Be curious, not judgmental.

Be curious, not judgmental.

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.

Simplicity is the glory of expression.

Simplicity is the glory of expression.

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...