"Surrounded, detached, in measureless oceans of space." — Walt Whitman
"Surrounded, detached, in measureless oceans of space."
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Walt Whitman
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422 Quotes by Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman has 422 quotes on this site.
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And I will show that there is no imperfection in the present, and can be none in the future, And…
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O the joy of the strong-brawn'd fighter, towering in the arena in perfect condition, conscious of power, thirsting to meet…
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Give me juicy autumnal fruit, ripe and red from the orchard.
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This face is a dog's snout sniffing for garbage, snakes nest in that mouth, I hear the sibilant threat.
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To me, every hour of the light and dark is a miracle. Every cubic inch of space is a miracle.
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The city sleeps and the country sleeps, the living sleep for their time, the dead sleep for their time, the…
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What a devil art thou, Poverty! How many desires - how many aspirations after goodness and truth - how many…
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I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained, I stand and look at…
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Old age: The estuary that enlarges and spreads itself grandly as it pours into the Great Sea.
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To me the sea is a continual miracle; The fishes that swim - the rocks - the motion of the…
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All beauty comes from beautiful blood and a beautiful brain.
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What beauty there is in words; what a lurking curious charm in the sound some words.
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You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves…
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Ultimately spiritual awareness unfolds when you're flexible, when you're spontaneous, when you're detached, when you're easy on yourself and easy…
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People in America, of course, live in all sorts of fashions, because they are foreigners, or unlucky, or depraved, or…
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Happiness is yours in the here and now. The painful states of anxiety and loneliness are abolished permanently. Financial affairs…
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Only the idea of death makes a warrior sufficiently detached so that he is capable of abandoning himself to anything.…
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Meditation simply means a discipline that makes you capable of being aloof and detached from your mind. So even if…
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I remain detached and distant, but it is under my eyes and my orders that the work of art must…
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Transcendence or detachment, leaving the body, pure love, lack of jealousy-that's the vision we are given in our culture, generally,…
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I've always felt you don't have to be completely detached, emotionally uninvolved to make precise observations. There's nothing wrong with…
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A saint is Christ's bride, totally attached, faithful, dependent. A saint is also totally independent, detached from idols and from…
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I may be flying a complicated airplane, rushing through space, but in this cabin I'm surrounded by simplicity and thoughts…
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