Life itself suggests a higher good than life itself can yield. Edwin Hubbel Chapin More Quotes by Edwin Hubbel Chapin More Quotes From Edwin Hubbel Chapin We have not the innocence of Eden; but by God's help and Christ's example we may have the victory of Gethsemane. Edwin Hubbel Chapin victoryedenexample It is a great thing, when our Gethsemane hours come, when the cup of bitterness is pressed to our lips ... to feel that it is not fate, that it is not necessity, but divine love for good ends working upon us. Edwin Hubbel Chapin cupsfateadversity The creed of a true saint is to make the best of life, and to make the most of it. Edwin Hubbel Chapin laughterhappinesslife It is the penalty of fame that a man must ever keep rising. "Get a reputation, and then go to bed," is the absurdest of all maxims. "Keep up a reputation or go to bed, "would be nearer the truth. Edwin Hubbel Chapin bedtruthmen The wild bird that flies so lone and far has somewhere its nest and brood. A little fluttering heart of love impels its wings, and points its course. There is nothing so solitary as a solitary man. Edwin Hubbel Chapin heartwingsmen Mercy. That is the gospel. The whole of it in one word. Edwin Hubbel Chapin one-wordmercywhole Seeking Heaven through righteousness is not seeking righteousness, but something else;--it is not loving goodness for goodness' sake, but for its rewards. Edwin Hubbel Chapin rewardssakeheaven Setting is preliminary to brighter rising; decay is a process of advancement; death is the condition of higher and more fruitful life. Edwin Hubbel Chapin advancementrisingdeath 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. Edwin Hubbel Chapin takenopportunitymen Not only is music a beautiful and sublime science, the study of which ennobles and purifies the mind of its votary, but how many and excellent are its ministries to others! Edwin Hubbel Chapin sublimemusicbeautiful The universe is a vast system of exchange. Every artery of it is in motion, throbbing with reciprocity, from the planet to the rotting leaf. The vapor climbs the sunbeam, and comes back in blessings upon the exhausted herb. The exhalation of the plant is wafted to the ocean. And so goes on the beautiful commerce of nature. And all because of dissimilarity--because no one thing is sufficient in itself, but calls for the assistance of something else, and repays by a contribution in turn. Edwin Hubbel Chapin oceanblessingbeautiful There are interests by the sacrifice of which peace is too dearly purchased. One should never be at peace to the shame of his own soul--to the violation of his integrity or of his allegiance to God. Edwin Hubbel Chapin sacrificeintegritypeace Glorify a lie, legalize a lie, arm and equip a lie, consecrate a lie with solemn forms and awful penalties, and after all it is nothing but a lie. It rots a land and corrupts a people like any other lie, and by and by the white light of God's truth shines clear through it, and shows it to be a lie. Edwin Hubbel Chapin lightlandlying Death is the condition of higher and more fruitful life. Edwin Hubbel Chapin fruitful-lifehigherdeath No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother's love. Edwin Hubbel Chapin mothers-dayfamilymom Patriotism! It is used to define so many diversities, to justify so many wrongs, to compass so many ends, that its life is killed out; it becomes a dead word in the vocabulary-a blank counter, to be moved to any part of the game; and that flag which, streaming from the mast-head of our ship of state, striped with martyr-blood, and glistening with the stars of lofty promise, should always indicate our worldwide mission, and the glorious destinies that we carry forward, is bandied about in every selfish skirmish, and held up as the symbol of every political privateer. Edwin Hubbel Chapin selfishdestinystars Let every man be free to act from his own conscience; but let him remember that other people have consciences too; and let not his liberty be so expansive that in its indulgence it jars and crashes against the liberty of others. Edwin Hubbel Chapin libertymenpeople Modest expression is a beautiful setting to the diamond of talent and genius. Edwin Hubbel Chapin geniusexpressionbeautiful The more we sympathize with excellence, the more we go out of self, the more we love, the broader and deeper is our personality. Edwin Hubbel Chapin excellencepersonalityself Mercy among the virtues is like the moon among the stars ... It is the light that hovers above the judgment seat. Edwin Hubbel Chapin starslightmoon
