Walt Whitman Quotes

Apart from the known and the unknown, what else is there?

Existence is a series of footnotes to a vast, obscure, unfinished masterpiece.

I've always been interested in what else is here, what lies beneath.

Of course things you don't know about are always nicer'n things you do, same as the pertater on 'tother side of the plate is always the biggest.

You have to know how to look even if you don't know what you're looking for.

If you look hard and long, you can find us. If you listen hard and long, you can hear any of us, call any of us that you wish.

We know so little of the why, what the universe is, what infinity is. The veil around us is very fragile.

Get to know other worlds, if only for comparison. I am near, too near for him to dream of me.

The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself is unknown.

Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.

It's good to have mysteries. It reminds us that there's more to the world than just making do and having a bit of fun.

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

I will reveal the secrets behind these doors.

There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.

There are things known and things unknown and in between are the doors.

It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between.

I see the world as an adventure thriller and a voyage of discovery. To me, all lives are lives of mystery and secrecy, and that's what I write about.

We are the shadow of Sirius. There is the other side of - as we talk to each other, we see the light, and we see these faces, but we know that behind that, there's the other side, which we never know. And that - it's the dark, the unknown side that guides us, and that is part of our lives all the time. It's the mystery.

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.

I always felt that what is scary is actually hearing someone tell you what they think they see. That sense of invisibility makes things a lot scarier, since your imagination tends to fill in the gaps.

When we feel like we discover something, we are usually uncovering or realizing what has always been there. The laws of nature are always present, waiting for us to tune in.

There is a lot of the world that is undiscovered.

I believe only in what I do not see.

Just because you've seen something doesn't mean you'll stop looking. There's always something you didn't see before.