Quotes by Walt Whitman

Judging from the main portions of the history of the world, so far, justice is always in jeopardy.

The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world.

And your very flesh shall be a great poem.

Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.

I may be as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.

I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.

I say to mankind, Be not curious about God. For I, who am curious about each, am not curious about God – I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least.

The future is no more uncertain than the present.

I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don’t believe I deserved my friends.

I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.