Quotes by Walt Whitman

About Walt Whitman:

Walter "Walt" Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse. His work was very controversial in its time, particularly his poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which was described as obscene for its overt sexuality.
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.

Walt Whitman

Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes me forever, it says sarcastically, Walt you contain enough, why don't you let it out then?

Walt Whitman

There is no object so soft but it makes a hub for the wheeled universe.

Walt Whitman

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

Walt Whitman

The beautiful uncut hair of graves.

Walt Whitman

Other lands have their vitality in a few, a class, but we have it in the bulk of our people.

Walt Whitman

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

Walt Whitman

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

Walt Whitman

Why are there trees I never walk under but large and melodious thoughts descend upon me?

Walt Whitman

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

Walt Whitman

I will leave all and come and make the hymns of you, None has understood you, but I understand you, None has done justice to you, you have not done justice to yourself, None but has found you imperfect, I only find no imperfection in you, None but wo...

Walt Whitman

This is what you shall do; Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and ...

Walt Whitman

All goes onward and outward, nothing collapses, And to die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier.

Walt Whitman

Pointing to another world will never stop vice among us; shedding light over this world can alone help us.

Walt Whitman

America doesn't know today how proud she ought to be of her .

Walt Whitman

I think I could turn and live with the animals, they are so placid and self contained; I stand and look at them long and long. They do not sweat and whine about their condition; They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins; They do not m...

Walt Whitman

They do not sweat and whine about their condition, they do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins, they do not make me sick discussing their duty to God, not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning things, not one...

Walt Whitman

I see great things in baseball.

Walt Whitman

I have said that the soul is not more than the body, And I have said that the body is not more than the soul, And nothing, not God, is greater to one than one's-self is,

Walt Whitman

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

Walt Whitman

God is a mean-spirited, pugnacious bully bent on revenge against His children for failing to live up to his impossible standards.

Walt Whitman

Author Bio

  • NameWalt Whitman
  • DescriptionAmerican poet, essayist and journalist
  • AliasesWalter "Walt" Whitman; Walter Whitman
  • BornMay 31, 1819
  • DiedMarch 26, 1892
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionNurse; Poet; Novelist; Journalist; Essayist; Writer