"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."

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel on Age and Aging
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"Not in achievement, but in endurance, of the human soul, does it show its divine grandeur and its alliance with the infinite."

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel on Endurance
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"Never does the human soul appear so strong and noble as when it forgoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury."

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel on Forgiveness
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"The creed of a true saint is to make the best of life, and to make the most of it."

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel on Happiness
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"The essence of justice is mercy."

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel on Justice
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"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."

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel on Appearance
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"Whatever touches the nerves of motive, whatever shifts man's moral position, is mightier than steam, or calorie, or lightening."

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel on Motivation
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"The best men are not those who have waited for chances but who have taken them; besieged the chance; conquered the chance; and made chance the servitor."

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel on Opportunity
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"Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy."

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel on Ostentation
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"Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies."

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel on Ostentation
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"Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth -- the true poet is very near the oracle."

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel on Poetry and Poets
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"Profaneness is a brutal vice. He who indulges in it is no gentleman."

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel on Profanity
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"No more duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to their best convictions."

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel on Self-respect
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"Skepticism has never founded empires, established principles, or changed the world's heart. The great doers in history have always been people of faith."

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel on Skepticism
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"Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity."

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel on Action
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"Bigotry dwarfs the soul by shutting out the truth."

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel on Bigotry
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"Objects close to the eye shut out much larger objects on the horizon; and splendors born only of the earth eclipse the stars. So it is with people who sometimes cover up the entire disc of eternity with a dollar, and so quench transcendent glories with a little shining dust."

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel on Vision
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"Tribulation will not hurt you, unless as it too often does; it hardens you and makes you sour, narrow and skeptical."

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel on Adversity
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"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."

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel on Courage
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