More quotes by Walt Whitman

"Songs of myselfClear and sweet is my soul, and clear and sweet is all that is not my soul. Lack one lacks both, and the unseen is proved by the seen, Till that becomes unseen and receives proof in its turn."
"Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself; I am large -- I contain multitudes."
"I act as the tongue of you,... tied in your mouth . . . . in mine it begins to be loosened."
"Re-examine all you have been told. Dismiss what insults your soul."
"Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you."