In time you shall see Fate approach you In the shape of your own image in the mirror. — Edgar Lee Masters
The spiritual kinship between Lincoln and Whitman was founded upon their Americanism, — Edgar Lee Masters
The snows and the roses of yesterday are vanished; And what is love but a rose that fades? — Edgar Lee Masters
To put meaning in one’s life may end in madness, but life without meaning is the torture — Edgar Lee Masters
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
Immortality is not a gift, immortality is an achievement; and only those who strive mightily shall possess it. — Edgar Lee Masters