Walter Whitman (31 May 1819 – 26 March 1892), born on Governor's Island, New York, was a famous American poet and humanist who created the Free Verse, whose representative work is the poetry collection Blades.
<h1>Classic quotes</h1>
1. From now on I no longer want happiness, I am happy myself. Everything I met I liked, everything was accepted, everything was lovely to me. From this time on I made myself free and unrestricted, I went where I wanted to go, and I presided over myself completely and absolutely. Gently, with an irresistible will, liberate myself from the shackles that bind me.
2. When I live, I will be the master of life, not its slave.
3. People who shiver because of the cold can best appreciate the warmth of the sun. People who have experienced the troubles of life understand the preciousness of life the most
4. Do not seek the heavens to bow down to my good intentions, but seek to sprinkle it freely forever.
5. When failure is inevitable, failure is also great.
6. Be a sailor of the world and travel to every port.
7. The present minute has only appeared after hundreds of millions of minutes in the past, and there is no better minute in the world than this minute and the present.
8. Where there is soil, where there is water, there is grass.
9. I sat and watched all the troubles in the world, all the oppression and shame, watching, listening, without a sound.
10. Faith is the antiseptic of the soul.
11. The meaning of life does not lie in the accumulation of wealth, but in the pursuit of the spirit and the tranquility of the soul.
12. No matter where I live, I have to maintain my self-balance in the face of night, storm, hunger, ridicule, accidents, setbacks, and be as tough as trees and animals.
13. The art of art, the brilliance of rhetoric, and the brilliance of literature are all contained in simplicity.
14. "Let us learn to go with the flow like trees, facing night, storms, hunger, accidents and setbacks." "Because, the environment can't determine whether you're happy or not, your reaction to things determines your mood."
15. Are you looking for it in the distance? You will come back in the end, to find the best in what you know, or to be as good as the best, to find the most beloved, the strongest and the most loved by those closest to you, happiness, knowledge, not elsewhere but here.
16. Disrespect for people is, first of all, disrespect for oneself.
17. There is no need to talk to you, I just have to think about you when I am sitting alone, or when I wake up alone at night, I will wait, never doubt that I will meet you again, I want to concentrate. Don't miss you.
18 There is no grave of those who died for freedom that does not grow the seeds of freedom, and the seeds are bound to give birth to seeds, and the spring wind takes them far away to sow seeds, and the rain and snow will nourish them.
19. No soul freed from its shell can be frightened away by the tyrant's weapon, and it will advance invisibly everywhere on earth, whispering, discussing, admonishing. Be free, let others disappoint you------- I will never be disappointed in you.
20. I will make a coffin of the most delicate branches and leaves; to bury your freshness.
21. Facing the sun, the shadow will fall on your back.
22. Without faith, there is no worthy character and life; without faith, there is no veritable land.
23 I hear the talk of the interlocutor, the conversation of the beginning and the end, but I do not talk about the beginning and the end.
24. Examine all that you have been told and throw away those things that humiliate your soul.
25. The port is not far away, and I have heard the bells. Thousands of people cheered and shouted, watching us return home calmly, and our captain was mighty and brave.
26. My voice traces what my eyes cannot reach, and I go around countless worlds with the rotation of my tongue.
27. Be like trees and animals, face darkness, storms, hunger, foolishness, accidents and setbacks.
28 The earth gives to all men the essence of matter, and in the end, the reward it receives from the people is the garbage of these substances.
29. It is enough for me to live on my own terms, even if no one in the world understands me, I sit in peace, even if no one in the world does not understand me, I sit in peace.
30. There is a world that understands me, and for me it is the greatest world, and that is myself, whether I come to myself today or millions of years from now, and today I can accept it happily and wait for it with equal pleasure.
31. How similar are the mothers of the whole world! Their hearts are always the same. Every mother has a very innocent heart.
32. My belief is to leave the best behind.
33. You said it's good to win, didn't you? I tell you that it is good to fail, and that the one who loses the battle has the same spirit as the one who wins the battle.
34. Be a sailor of the world and rush to all the docks.
35. The thorn of my own pride stings me as hard as it stabs others.
36. The most magnificent psalms can only be obtained at a free distance, just as sometimes we look for the stars at night, not directly staring at them, but only sideways.
37. The clock indicates moments of eternity – but what can indicate eternity?
38 After leaving is the return, the eternal repayment of this eternal debt, the abundant shower, followed by a greater reward.
39 The so-called threat of hell is too small for me to be nothing, and the so-called temptation of heaven is too small for me to be anything.
40. Life is always full of fighting passion.