And as to me, I know nothing else but miracles. -- Walt Whitman

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The way up and the way down are one and the same. - Heraclitus

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Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you? -- Walt Whitman

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Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same. – Emily Brontë

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I will sleep no more but arise, You oceans that have been calm within me! how I feel you, fathomless, stirring, preparing unprecedented waves and storms. -- Walt Whitman

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Long enough have you dream’d contemptible dreams, Now I wash the gum from your eyes, You must habit yourself to the dazzle of the light and of every moment of your life. -- Walt Whitman

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These are really the thoughts of all men in all ages and lands, they are not original with me. -- Walt Whitman

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Never again would birds’ song be the same ― Robert Frost

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History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this. - KARL MARX

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Art is the funnel, as it were, through which spirit is poured into life.

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