Walt Whitman Quotes


Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom cannot be pass'd from one having it to another not having it, Wisdom is of the soul, is not susceptible of proof, is its own proof. - Walt Whitman



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



Whoever degrades another degrades me, And whatever is done or said returns at last to me. - Walt Whitman



When I, sitting, heard the astronomer, where he lectured with such applause in the lecture room, how soon, unaccountable, I became tired and sick; Till rising and gliding out, I wandered off by myself, in the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time, looked up in perfect silence at the stars. - Walt Whitman