Walt Whitman

“Produce great men, the rest follows.”

“We convince by our presence.”

“Here or henceforward it is all the same to me, I accept Time absolutely.”

“A great city is that which has the greatest men and women.”

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

“A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.”

“Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.”

“There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius.”

“And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud.”

“He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.”

“Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the free and compacted composition of all.”

“Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.”

“The real war will never get in the books.”