"To me the sea is a continual miracle;……" — Walt Whitman
"To me the sea is a continual miracle; The fishes that swim - the rocks - the motion of the waves - the ships, with men in them, what stranger miracles are there?"
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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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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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As soon as histories are properly told there is no more need of romances.
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More Continual Quotes
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The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it…
— Leo Buscaglia
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Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold…
— Samuel Butler
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The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In…
— Marc Chagall
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Being human, we would expel from our lives physical pain and mental anguish and assure ourselves of continual ease and…
— Spencer W. Kimball
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From such beginnings of governments, what could be expected, but a continual system of war and extortion?
— Thomas Paine
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Men of my age live in a state of continual desperation.
— Trevor McDonald
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The doctrine of evolution implies the passage from the most organised to the least organised, or, in other terms, from…
— John Hughlings Jackson
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I like a state of continual becoming, with a goal in front and not behind.
— George Bernard Shaw
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It were indeed to be wish'd that our art had been less ingenious, in contriving means destructive to mankind; we…
— Herman Boerhaave
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Without a visual identity, we have no community, no support network, no movement. Making ourselves visible is a political act,…
— Joan E. Biren
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Till women are more rationally educated, the progress in human virtue and improvement in knowledge must receive continual checks.
— Mary Wollstonecraft
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There are two components that are fundamental to enjoy life and feel good about yourself: continual learning and service.
— Tim Ferriss
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