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 ChapinRead
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.
Interpretation
What this quote means
A true individual finds their rightful place in life naturally without struggle or worry.
This quote emphasizes the idea that a person who is authentic and true to themselves will effortlessly find their niche in the world. Just like a star in the universe, which occupies its position through natural laws, an individual aligned with their true nature will be drawn to where they are meant to be, demonstrating a sense of ease and confidence.
Themes
AuthenticityNatureEaseSelf-DiscoveryPlace
In practice
Example use cases
In a motivational speech about finding one's path in life.
More from Edwin Hubbel Chapin
All quotes βRevolution does not insure progress. You may overturn thrones, but what proof that anything better will grow upon the soil?
Edwin Hubbel ChapinRead
Do not ask if a man has been through college; ask if a college has been through him; if he is a walking university.
Edwin Hubbel ChapinRead
Goodness consists not in the outward things we do, but in the inward thing we are.
Edwin Hubbel ChapinRead
Tomorrow may never come to us. We do not live in tomorrow. We cannot find it in any of our title-deeds. The man who owns whole blocks of real estate, and great ships on the sea, does not own a single minute of tomorrow. Tomorrow! It is a mysterious possibility, not yet born. It lies under the seal of midnight-behind the veil of glittering constellations.
Edwin Hubbel ChapinRead
Neutral men are the devil's allies.
Edwin Hubbel ChapinRead
Similar quotes
Everything is made of one hidden stuff.
Ralph Waldo EmersonRead
Ever since then I have believed that God is not only a gentleman and a sport; he is a Kentuckian too.
William FaulknerRead
We knew - but didn't want to know - what was going to happen, the sky descending upon our heads like the shadow of a falling piano in a cartoon.
Aleksandar HemonRead
Man proposes, but God blocks the game.
Mark TwainRead
Conflict, of course, comes about because of the misuse of power and the clash of ideals, not to mention the inflammatory activities of unscrupulous and bigoted leaders. But it also arises, tragically, from an inability to understand and from the powerful emotions which, out of misunderstanding, lead to distrust and fear.
Prince CharlesRead
Those doves below, the ones utterly cared for, never endangered ones, cannot know tenderness.
Rainer Maria RilkeRead