All music is is what awakes from you when you are reminded by the instruments.
Walt WhitmanRead
I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained, I stand and look at them long and long.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote expresses a longing for the simplicity and tranquility found in the company of animals compared to human complexities.
Walt Whitman's quote reflects a deep appreciation for the serene nature of animals, suggesting that he finds solace and fulfillment in their presence. By describing animals as 'placid' and 'self-contained', he highlights their ability to exist without the emotional turbulence that often characterizes human relationships, indicating a desire to escape from human societal pressures and embrace a simpler, more harmonious existence.
Themes
AnimalsNaturePeaceSolaceSimplicity
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about environmental conservation, one might quote this to emphasize the importance of protecting animal habitats.
More from Walt Whitman
All quotes βDid you, too, O friend, suppose democracy was only for elections, for politics, and for a party name? I say democracy is only of use there that it may pass on and come to its flower and fruit in manners, in the highest forms of interaction between people, and their beliefs - in religion, literature, colleges and schools- democracy in all public and private life.
Walt WhitmanRead
In the confusion we stay with each other, happy to be together, speaking without uttering a single word.
Walt WhitmanRead
A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.
Walt WhitmanRead
Now, dearest comrade, lift me to your face,_x000D_ _x000D_ We must separate awhileHere! take from my lips this kiss._x000D_ _x000D_ Whoever you are, I give it especially to you;_x000D_ _x000D_ So long!And I hope we shall meet again.
Walt WhitmanRead
And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud.
Walt WhitmanRead
Similar quotes
Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth.
Joseph AddisonRead
Plant a new Truffula. Treat it with care. Give it clean water. And feed it fresh air.
Dr. SeussRead
What humans do over the next 50 years will determine the fate of all life on the planet.
David AttenboroughRead
Where the bee sucks, there suck I In the cow-slip's bell i lie There I couch when owls do cry
William ShakespeareRead
The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.
William BlakeRead
To follow the drops sliding from a lifting oar, Head up, while the rower breathes, and the small boat drifts quietly shoreward.
Theodore RoethkeRead