I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game. Walt Whitman on sports
And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud. Walt Whitman on sympathy
He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher. Walt Whitman on teacher
I cannot be awake for nothing looks to me as it did before, Or else I am awake for the first time, and all before has been a mean sleep. Walt Whitman on time
Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the free and compacted composition of all. Walt Whitman on time
Here or henceforward it is all the same to me, I accept Time absolutely. Walt Whitman on time
Whatever satisfies the soul is truth. Walt Whitman on truth
The real war will never get in the books. Walt Whitman on war
A great city is that which has the greatest men and women. Walt Whitman on women
O to be self balanced for contingencies! O to confront night, storms, hunger, ridicule, accidents, rebuffs as trees and animals do! Walt Whitman on animals
I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained. Walt Whitman on animals
Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself (I am large, I contain multitudes). Walt Whitman on individuality
I celebrate myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. Walt Whitman on individuality