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 the sea and yet afraid. ↗

— Edgar Lee Masters

#life #meaning #inspirational

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 takes life to love Life. ↗

— Edgar Lee Masters

#spoon-river-anthology #anger

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

— Edgar Lee Masters

#spoon-river-anthology #love

The snows and the roses of yesterday are vanished; And what is love but a rose that fades? ↗

— Edgar Lee Masters

#love

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 the sea and yet afraid. ↗

— Edgar Lee Masters

#boat #end #life #longing #madness

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

— Edgar Lee Masters

#erected #first #good #good work #laid

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

— Edgar Lee Masters

#man #power #rises #who

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

— Edgar Lee Masters

#larger #life #lived #man #shall

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

— Edgar Lee Masters

#gift #immortality #mightily #only #possess