Henry Van Dyke Quotes
An American author, educator, and clergyman.
(1852 – 1933)
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A friend is what the heart needs all the time.
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A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war.
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As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge.
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Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.
[Forgiveness]
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Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why.
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Every house where love abides and friendship is a guest, is surely home, and home, sweet home; for there the heart can rest.
[Home]
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Genius is talent set on fire by courage.
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Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.
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Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound to be a critic for life.
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Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are.
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Heaven is blessed with perfect rest but the blessing of earth is toil.
[Work]
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In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence.
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It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the most agreeable nor the best to live with.
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Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.
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Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest.
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Many a treasure besides Ali Baba's is unlocked with a verbal key.
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Self is the only prison that can ever bind the soul.
[Soul]
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Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live.
[Begin]
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The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.
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The lintel low enough to keep out pomp and pride; the threshold high enough to turn deceit aside; the door-band strong enough from robbers to defend: this door will open at a touch to welcome every friend.
[Friendship]
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