53 Quotes by Edgar Lee Masters

Beware of the man who rises to power from one suspender.

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

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

Those who first oppose a good work, seize it and make it their own, when the cornerstone is laid and memorial tablets are erected.

He stripped off the armor of institutional friendships To dedictate his soul To the terrible deities of Truth and Beauty.

Many books have been written to show that Christianity has emasculated the world, that it shoved aside the enlightenment and wisdom of Hellas for a doctrine of superstition and ignorance.

The Typical American? He is sent to school Little or much, where he imbibes the rule Of safety first and comfort; in his youth He joins the church and ends the quest of truth.

The mind sees the world as a thing apart, And the soul makes the world at one with itself. A mirror scratched reflects no image— And this is the silence of wisdom.

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 must, for all your life.