the much-sought prize of eternal youth Is just arrested growth.

- Edgar Lee Masters

I have known the silence of the stars and of the sea. And the silence of the city when it pauses, And the silence of a man and a maid, And the silenc…

- Edgar Lee Masters

How shall the soul of a man be larger than the life he has lived?

- Edgar Lee Masters

Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily Shall possess it.

- Edgar Lee Masters

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 longing for th…

- Edgar Lee Masters

There is no marriage in Heaven, but there is love.

- Edgar Lee Masters

Did I follow Truth wherever she led, And stand against the whole world for a cause, And uphold the weak against the strong? If I did I would be remem…

- Edgar Lee Masters

The tongue may be an unruly member-- But silence poisons the soul.

- Edgar Lee Masters

A giant as we hoped, in truth, a dwarf; A barrel of slop that shines on Lethe's wharf', Which at first seemed a vessel with sweet wine For thirsty li…

- Edgar Lee Masters