Nothing external to me can have any power over me.
More Quotes from Walt Whitman:
O joy of suffering To struggle against great odds to meet enemies undaunted To be entirely alone with them to find how much one can stand To look strife, torture, prison, popular odium, death, face to face To mount the scaffold to advance to the muzzles of guns with perfect nonchalance To be indeed a God.Walt Whitman
Be curious, not judgmental.
Walt Whitman
Why are there trees I never walk under but large and melodious thoughts descend upon me?
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And your very flesh shall be a great poem.
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The great poems, Shakespeare's included, are poisonous to the idea of the pride and dignity of the common man, the life-blood of democracy
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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, Devote your income and labor to others ... And your very flesh shall be a great poem.
Walt Whitman
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