"Why are there trees I never walk..." - Quote by Walt Whitman

“Sure as the most certain sure, plumb in the uprights, well entretied, braced in the beams, Stout as a horse, affectionate, haughty, electrical, I and this mystery here we stand.”

“I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear.”

“The work for giants...to serve well the guns!”

“Nature does nothing in vain, and in the use of means to her goals she is not prodigal. Her giving to man reason and the freedom of the will which depends upon it is clear indication of her purpose. Man accordingly was not to be guided by instinct, not nurtured and instructed with ready-made knowledge; rather, he should bring forth everything out of his own resources.”

“If you have ever gone into the woods with me, I must love you very much.”

“We are amphibious creatures, weaponed for two elements, having two sets of faculties, the particular and the catholic.”

“For the poet is a light winged and holy thing, and there is no invention in him until he has been inspired and is out of his senses and the mind is no longer with him. When he has not attained this state he is powerless and unable to utter his oracles.”

“Creativity is the residue of time wasted.”

“America is, and always will be, a shining city on a hill.”