Henry Van Dyke

What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death…

Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest…

The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another…

To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at…

It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the…

Some people are so afraid do die that they never begin to live…

Genius is talent set on fire by courage…

Happiness is inward, and not outward and so, it does not depend on what we…

Use what talents you possess the woods would be very silent if no birds sang…

A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war…

Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why…

Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the…

There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart – never to…

Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express…

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too…