Walt Whitman Quotes
Walt Whitman was an American poet whose expansive, free-verse style celebrated individuality, nature, and the full range of human experience. His words carry a warmth and openness that invites readers to stay curious, withhold judgment, and embrace contradiction.
These quotes are well-suited for literary essays, graduation cards, journal entries, or social media posts that call for a generous outlook. Look through the collection for Whitman's quietly radical perspective.
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“Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.”
“Be curious, not judgmental.”
“I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.”
“Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.”
“And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud.”
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