Walt Whitman Quotes

Biography: Walt Whitman is known for his groundbreaking poetry collection "Leaves... more Biography: Walt Whitman is known for his groundbreaking poetry collection "Leaves of Grass." Born in 1819, Whitman's work celebrated democracy, nature, love, and friendship. His innovative free verse style greatly influenced American literature. Whitman is often regarded as one of the nation's most important poets. less

"To me the meanest flower that blows can give thoughts.""I do not trouble my spirit to vindicate itself or be understood.""The song is to the singer, and comes back most to him.""I exist as I am, and that is enough.""Logic and sermons never convince.""The great city is that which has the greatest men and women.""The strongest and sweetest songs yet remain to be sung.""I inhale great draughts of space.""Sing me the universal.""Close companions we, so intoxicated, so passive""In the faces of men and women I see God""I open the scuttle at night and see the far-sprinkled systems""Now I see the secret of making the best persons""Wisdom is of the soul, is not susceptible of proof""I no doubt deserved my enemies, but""I am for those who walk abreast with the whole earth""I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear""These are the days that must happen to you""I swear to you, there are divine things more beautiful than words can tell.""I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable, I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world."

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