I have said that the soul is not more than the body,And I ha... - Walt Whitman

"Re-examine all you have been told. Dismiss what insults your soul."

"Argue not concerning God,…re-examine all that you have been told at church or school or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your soul…"

"O the joy of my spirit--it is uncaged--it darts like lightning!It is not enough to have this globe or a certain time,I will have thousands of globes and all time."

"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,"

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