Walt Whitman — "I am a firm believer in the power of music."

"To speak in literature with the perfect rectitude and insouciance of the movements of animals and the unimpeachable of the sentiment of trees in the woods and grass by the roadside is the flawless tri…"

"The greatest poem is the one that has yet to be written."

"I have said that the soul of man is immortal. I have said that the body of man is immortal."

"Have you learned lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who reject you, and insult you, and smite you?"

"I have no doubt that the world is a better place because I am in it."