Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I can bear it.

Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.

O to be self-balanced for contingencies, to confront night, storms, hunger, ridicule, accidents, rebuffs, as the trees and animals do.

O the joy of the strong-brawn'd fighter, towering in the arena in perfect condition, conscious of power, thirsting to meet his opponent.

You must not know too much or be too precise or scientific about birds and trees and flowers and watercraft; a certain free-margin , or even vagueness - ignorance, credulity - helps your enjoyment of these things.

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.

not one escaped to tell the fall of Alamo, The hundred & fifty are dumb yet at Alamo.