Edwin Hubbel Chapin

Who is Edwin Hubbel Chapin?

Famous Quotes:

• The essence of justice is mercy.
• No more duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to their best convictions.
• Whatever touches the nerves of motive, whatever shifts man's moral position, is mightier than steam, or calorie, or lightening.
• 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.
• Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy.
• Bigotry dwarfs the soul by shutting out the truth.
• Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.
• 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.
• Never does the human soul appear so strong and noble as when it forgoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.
• Not in achievement, but in endurance, of the human soul, does it show its divine grandeur and its alliance with the infinite.