“Incompossible, adj. Unable to exist if something else exists. Two things are incompossible when the world of being has scope enough for one of them, but not enough for both—as Walt Whitman's poetry and God's mercy to man.”
“Resist much, obey little.”
Walt Whitman
“What is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the print I have read in my life.”
Walt Whitman
“Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself; I am large -- I contain multitudes.”
Walt Whitman
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.”
Walt Whitman
“Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.”
Walt Whitman