Author: Edwin Hubbel Chapin

Quotes

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.

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

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.

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

The creed of a true saint is to make the best of life, and to make the most of it.

The creed of a true saint is to make the best of life, and to make the most of it.

- Edwin Hubbel Chapin

Through every rift of discovery some seeming anomaly drops out of the darkness, and falls, as a golden link into the great chain of order.

Through every rift of discovery some seeming anomaly drops out of the darkness, and falls, as a golden link into the great chain of order.

- Edwin Hubbel Chapin

Neutral men are the devil's allies.

Neutral men are the devil's allies.

- 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.

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

No more duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to their best convictions.

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

Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth - the true poet is very near the oracle.

Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth - the true poet is very near the oracle.

- Edwin Hubbel Chapin

The downright fanatic is nearer to the heart of things than the cool and slippery disputant.

The downright fanatic is nearer to the heart of things than the cool and slippery disputant.

- Edwin Hubbel Chapin

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