"The whole purpose of the universe is..." - Quote by Walt Whitman

“To speak in literature with the perfect rectitude and insouciance of the movements of animals and the unimpeachable of the sentiment of trees in the woods and grass by the roadside is the flawless triumph of art.”

“So here I sit in the early candle-light of old age-I and my book-casting backward glances over out travel'd road.”

“All architecture is what you do to it when you look upon it.”

“What is man born for but to be a Reformer, a Remaker of what man has made? A renouncer of lies; a restorer of truth and good? Imitating that great Nature which embossoms us all, and which sleeps no moment on an old past, but every hour repairs herself, yielding us every morning a new day, with every breath a new life?”

“True freedom and the end of suffering is living in such a way as if you had completely chosen whatever you feel or experience at this moment. This inner alignment with Now is the end of suffering. Is suffering really necessary? Yes and no. If you had not suffered as you have, there would be no depth to you as a human being, no humility, no compassion. You would not be reading this now. Suffering cracks open the shell of ego, and then comes a point when it has served its purpose. Suffering is necessary until you realize it is unnecessary.”

“From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.”

“What I see in Nature is a grand design that we can understand only imperfectly, one with which a responsible person must look at with humility.”

“The world is like an eye, a beard, a spot of beauty and eyebrow, Where each thing is neatly in place.”

“Overwhelment is about you not being up to speed with what you told the Universe that you want. The Universe is yielding to you. You're just not ready to receive it right now.”