Whitman: A Study

“Resist much, obey little.””

— John Burroughs

“Do I contradict myself?Very well then I contradict myself,(I am large, I contain multitudes.)””

— John Burroughs

“Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you.You must travel it by yourself.It is not far. It is within reach.Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know. Perhaps it is everywhere - on water and land.””

— John Burroughs

“I am large, I contain multitudes””

— John Burroughs

“Do anything, but let it produce joy.””

— John Burroughs

“We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. So medicine, law, business, engineering... these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love... these are what we stay alive for.””

— John Burroughs

“Peace is always beautiful.””

— John Burroughs

“O Me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; Of the endless trains of the faithless”

— John Burroughs

“I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contain’d, I stand and look at them long and long.They do not sweat and whine about their condition, They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins, They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God, Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning things, Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago, Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.””

— John Burroughs