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Quotes by Edwin Hubbel Chapin

An aged Christian, with the snow of time upon his head, may remind us that those points of earth are whitest which are nearest to heaven.
– Edwin Hubbel Chapin
At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion.
– Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Bigotry dwarfs the soul by shutting out the truth.
– Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Do not judge from mere appearances; for the lift laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy. The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.
– Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Neutral men are the devil's allies.
– Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it forgoes revenge, and dares forgive an injury.
– Edwin Hubbel Chapin
No more duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to their best convictions.
– Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Not in achievement, but in endurance, of the human soul, does it show its divine grandeur and its alliance with the infinite.
– Edwin Hubbel Chapin
The creed of a true saint is to make the best of life, and to make the most of it.
– Edwin Hubbel Chapin
The essence of justice is mercy.
– Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Tribulation will not hurt you, unless as it too often does; it hardens you and makes you sour, narrow and skeptical.
– Edwin Hubbel Chapin
The downright fanatic is nearer to the heart of things than the cool and slippery disputant.
– Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Skepticism has never founded empires, established principals, or changed the world's heart. The great doers in history have always been people of faith.
– Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth - the true poet is very near the oracle.
– Edwin Hubbel Chapin
A true man never frets about his place in the world, but just slides into it by the gravitation of his nature, and swings there as easily as a star.
– Edwin Hubbel Chapin