About Henry Van Dyke: Henry Jackson van Dyke was an American author, educator, and clergyman.
There is only one way to get ready for immortality, and that is to love this life and live it as bravely and faithfully and cheerfully as we can.
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.
As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge.
In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence.
Many a treasure besides Ali Baba's is unlocked with a verbal key.
The woods would be quiet if no bird sang but the one that sang best.
Are you willing to stoop down and consider the needs and desires of little children; to remember the weaknesses and lonliness of people who are growing old; to stop asking how much your friends love you, and to ask yourself if you love them enough; t...
Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars.
The Sun-Dial at Wells College The shadow by my finger cast Divides the future from the past: Before it, sleeps the unborn hour In darkness, and beyond thy power: Behind its unreturning line, The vanished hour, no longer thine: One hour alone is in th...
He that planteth a tree is a servant of God, he provideth a kindness for many generations, and faces that he hath not seen shall bless him.
Oh, London is a man's town, there's power in the air; And Paris is a woman's town, with flowers in her hair; And it's sweet to dream in Venice, and it's great to study Rome; But when it comes to living, there is no place like home.
Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.
Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.
