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Resist much, obey little.
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Walt Whitman |
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Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.
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inspirational
advice-for-daily-living
positive-attitude
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Walt Whitman |
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Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you. You must travel it by yourself. It is not far. It is within reach. Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know. Perhaps it is everywhere - on water and land.
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self-reliance
journey
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Walt Whitman |
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I am large, I contain multitudes
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Walt Whitman |
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Do anything, but let it produce joy.
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live-life
enjoy-life
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Walt Whitman |
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We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. So medicine, law, business, engineering... these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love... these are what we stay alive for.
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Walt Whitman |
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I exist as I am, that is enough, If no other in the world be aware I sit content, And if each and all be aware I sit content. One world is aware, and by the far the largest to me, and that is myself,
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Walt Whitman |
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I like the scientific spirit--the holding off, the being sure but not too sure, the willingness to surrender ideas when the evidence is against them: this is ultimately fine--it always keeps the way beyond open--always gives life, thought, affection, the whole man, a chance to try over again after a mistake--after a wrong guess.
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doubt
science
life
scientific
guess
certainty
skepticism
humble
evidence
mistake
ideas
surrender
thought
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Walt Whitman |
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Failing to fetch me at first, keep encouraged. Missing me one place, search another. I stop somewhere waiting for you.
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Walt Whitman |
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Peace is always beautiful.
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poetry
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Walt Whitman |
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I discover myself on the verge of a usual mistake.
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Walt Whitman |
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O Me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; Of the endless trains of the faithless--of cities fill'd with the foolish; Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than I, and who more faithless?) Of eyes that vainly crave the light--of the objects mean--of the struggle ever renew'd; Of the poor results of all--of the plodding and sordid crowds I see around me; Of the empty and useless years of the rest--with t..
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poetry
meaning
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Walt Whitman |
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I do not ask the wounded person how he feels, I myself become the wounded person.
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empathy
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Walt Whitman |
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I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contain'd, I stand and look at them long and long. They do not sweat and whine about their condition, They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins, They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God, Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning things, Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago, ..
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Walt Whitman |
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Pointing to another world will never stop vice among us; shedding light over this world can alone help us.
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light
world
inspirational
help
alone
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Walt Whitman |
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Re-examine all you have been told. Dismiss what insults your soul.
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dismiss
spirituality
wisdom
inspirational
soul
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Walt whitman |
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If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles.
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poetry
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Walt Whitman |
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And as to me, I know nothing else but miracles
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Walt Whitman |
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Note, to-day, an instructive, curious spectacle and conflict. Science, (twin, in its fields, of Democracy in its)--Science, testing absolutely all thoughts, all works, has already burst well upon the world--a sun, mounting, most illuminating, most glorious--surely never again to set. But against it, deeply entrench'd, holding possession, yet remains, (not only through the churches and schools, but by imaginative literature, and unregenerate..
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literature
poetry
science
instructive
credulous
fossil
mythic
spectacle
testing
untaught
primitive
superstitious
schools
fable
prose
science-vs-religion
glorious
theology
conflict
curious
democracy
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Walt Whitman |
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Battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.
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Walt Whitman |
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I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. I loafe and invite my soul, I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass. 32. I think I could turn and live with animals, they're so placid and self-contained, I stand and look at them and long. They do not sweat and whine about their condition. They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their ..
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it-echoes
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Walt Whitman |
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I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable, I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.
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nature
poetry
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Walt Whitman |
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I am satisfied ... I see, dance, laugh, sing.
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Walt Whitman |
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O captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done. The ship has weather'd every wrack The prize we sought is won The port is near, the bells I hear The people all exulting While follow eyes, the steady keel The vessel grim and daring But Heart! Heart! Heart! O the bleeding drops of red
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Walt Whitman |
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I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.
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Walt Whitman |
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Are you the new person drawn toward me? To begin with, take warning - I am surely far different from what you suppose; Do you suppose you will find in me your ideal? Do you think it so easy to have me become your lover? Do you think the friendship of me would be unalloy'd satisfaction? Do you think I am trusty and faithful? Do you see no further than this facade--this smooth and tolerant manner of me? Do you suppose yourself advancing o..
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Walt Whitman |
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I am not to speak to you, I am to think of you when I sit alone or wake at night alone, I am to wait, I do not doubt I am to meet you again, I am to see to it that I do not lose you.
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Walt Whitman |
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Give me the splendid, silent sun with all his beams full-dazzling.
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Walt Whitman |
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Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.
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wonder
inspirational
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Walt Whitman |
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I tramp a perpetual journey.
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travel
perpetual
tramp
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Walt Whitman |
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Long enough have you dream'd contemptible dreams, Now I wash the gum from your eyes, You must habit yourself to the dazzle of the light and of every moment of your life
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Walt Whitman |
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All beauty comes from beautiful blood and a beautiful brain. If the greatnesses are in conjunction in a man or woman it is enough...the fact will prevail through the universe...but the gaggery and gilt of a million years will not prevail. Who troubles himself about his ornaments or fluency is lost. This is what you shall so: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and..
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Walt Whitman |
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I am larger, better than I thought; I did not know I held so much goodness
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beauty
love
inspirational
acceptance
blessing
wisdom-quotes
awareness
know-thyself
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Walt Whitman |
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O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead. O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells; Rise up - for you the flag is flung..
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Walt Whitman |
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Argue not concerning God,...re-examine all that you have been told at church or school or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your soul...
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personal-faith
religion
inspirational
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Walt Whitman |
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I am larger, better than I thought; I did not know I held so much goodness. All seems beautiful to me. Whoever denies me, it shall not trouble me; Whoever accepts me, he or she shall be blessed, and shall bless me.
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beauty
love
inspirational
blessing
wisdom-quotes
awareness
know-thyself
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Walt Whitman |
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If you want me again look for me under your bootsoles. You will hardly know who I am or what I mean, But I shall be good help to you nevertheless And filter and fiber your blood. Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged, Missing me one place search another, I stop some where waiting for you
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Walt Whitman |
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Your very flesh shall be a great poem...
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Walt Whitman |
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Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you?
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Walt Whitman |
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Love the earth and sun and animals, Despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, Stand up for the stupid and crazy,
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self-actualization
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Walt Whitman |
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Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road. Healthy, free, the world before me. The long brown path before me leading me wherever I choose. Henceforth, I ask not good fortune, I myself am good fortune. Henceforth, I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing.
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Walt Whitman |
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You will hardly know who I am or what I mean, But I shall be good health to you nevertheless, And filter and fibre your blood. Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged, Missing me one place search another, I stop somewhere waiting for you.
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Walt Whitman |
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When I heard the learn'd astronomer; When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me; When I was shown the charts and the diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them; When I, sitting, heard the astronomer, where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room, How soon, unaccountable, I became tired and sick; Till rising and gliding out, I wander'd off by myself,
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science
simplicity
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Walt Whitman |
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Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.
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Walt Whitman |