All Edgar Lee Masters Quotes
- Genius is a bend in the creek where bright water has gathered, and which mirrors the trees, the sky and the banks. It just does… Banks
- There is the silence of age, too full of wisdom for the tongue to utter it in words intelligible to those who have not lived… Age
- Work for your own soul's sake. Own
- . . . the weal of the race, and the cause of humanity, here and now, are enough To give life meaning and death as… Cause
- There is no marriage in Heaven, but there is love. Funny
- The earth keeps some vibration going There in your heart, and that is you. And if the people find you can fiddle, why fiddle you… All
- Beware of the man who rises to power from one suspender. Beware
- How shall the soul of a man be larger than the life he has lived? Inspirational
- Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily Shall possess it. Achievement
- Those who first oppose a good work, seize it and make it their own, when the cornerstone is laid and memorial tablets are erected. Cornerstone
- To love is to find your own soul Through the soul of the beloved one. Beloved
- O maternal earth which rocks the fallen leaf to sleep! Earth
- To put meaning in one's life may end in madness, But life without meaning is the torture Of restlessness and vague desire-It is a boat… Afraid
- To this generation I would say: Memorize some bit of verse of truth or beauty. Beauty
- What is this I hear of sorrow and weariness, Anger, discontent and drooping hopes? Degenerate sons and daughters, Life is too strong for you— It… Anger
- It takes life to love life. Inspirational
- In time you shall see Fate approach you In the shape of your own image in the mirror. Approach
- The tongue may be an unruly member-- But silence poisons the soul. Member
- the much-sought prize of eternal youth Is just arrested growth. Arrested
- And I never started to plow in my life That some one did not stop in the road And take me away to a dance… Acres
- Those who first oppose a good work, seize it and make it their own, when the corner - stone is laid and memorial tablets are… Corner