There is no conflict between the Old and the New; the conflict is between the False and the True. — Henry Van Dyke Conflict Copy Share Image
Heaven is blest with perfect rest, but the blessing of Earth is toil. — Henry Van Dyke Blessed Copy Share Image
Love is the heart s immortal thirst to be completely known and all forgiven. — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
“But it is better to follow even the shadow of the best than to remain content with the worst.” — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
Courage is the standing army of the soul which keeps it from conquest, pillage, and slavery. — Henry Van Dyke Army Copy Share Image
The woods would be quiet if no bird sang but the one that sang best. — Henry Van Dyke Bird Copy Share Image
Death comes in its own time, in its own way.Death is as unique as the individual experiencing it. — Henry Van Dyke Death Copy Share Image
This is the soldier brave enough to tellThe glory-dazzled world that "war is hell":Lover of peace, he looks beyond the strife,And rides… — Henry Van Dyke Brave Copy Share Image
In warlike pomp, with banners flowing, The regiments of autumn stood: I saw their gold and scarlet glowing From every hillside, every… — Henry Van Dyke Autumn Copy Share Image
Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
Deeds not Words: I say so too! And yet I find it somehow true, A word may help a man in need,… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
Lord, when my spirit shall return to thee, At the foot of a friendly tree let my body be buried, That this… — Henry Van Dyke Body Copy Share Image
The Bible teaches that God owns the world. He distributes to every man according to His own good pleasure, conformably to general… — Henry Van Dyke Bible Copy Share Image
What is Friendship? Something deep That the heart can spend and keep: Wealth that greatens while we give, Praise that heartens us… — Henry Van Dyke Friend Copy Share Image
The simple life which blandly ignores all care and conflict, soon becomes flabby and invertebrate, sentimental and gelatinous. — Henry Van Dyke Care Copy Share Image
“He knew that all was well, because he had done the best that he could, from day to day. He had been… — Henry van Dyke Copy Share Image
The shadow by my finger cast Divides the future from the past: Before it, sleeps the unborn hour, In darkness, and beyond… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
Subjection to fear is weakness, bondage, feverish unrest. To be afraid is to have no soul that we can call our own;… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
It is better to desire the things we have than to have the things we desire. — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
The best rose-bush, after all, is not that which has the fewest thorns, but that which bears the finest roses. — Henry Van Dyke Bears Copy Share Image
It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the most agreeable nor the best to live… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament. — Henry Van Dyke Charm Copy Share Image
O' who will walk with me along lifes merry way? A comrade blithe and full of glee, who dares to laugh out… — Henry Van Dyke Blithe Copy Share Image
There is only one way to get ready for immortality, and that is to love this life and live it as bravely… — Henry Van Dyke Death Copy Share Image
Thou warden of the western gate, above Manhattan Bay, The fogs of doubt that hid thy face are driven clean away: Thine… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
A clean and sensitive conscience, a steady and scrupulous integrity in small things as well as large, is the most valuable of… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
“Time is to slow for those who wait, Too swift for those who fear, Too long for those who grieve, Too short… — Henry Van Dyke Eternity Copy Share Image
A tear that trembles for a little while Upon the trembling eyelid, till the world Wavers within its circle like a dream,… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
Favorite People, Favorite Places, Favorite Memories of the past ... These are the joys of a lifetime Those are the things that last — Henry Van Dyke Favorite memories Copy Share Image
Faith is an adventure; it is the courage of the soul to face the unknown. But that courage springs from the hope… — Henry Van Dyke Adventure Copy Share Image
Not to the swift, the race: Not to the strong, the fight: Not to the righteous, perfect grace: Not to the wise,… — Henry Van Dyke Darkness Copy Share Image
No matter what theory of the origin of government you adopt, if you follow it out to its legitimate conclusions it will… — Henry Van Dyke Conclusion Copy Share Image
Hymns of today that may be sung by people who know the thought of the age...are not afraid that any truth of… — Henry Van Dyke Age Copy Share Image
A little while the rose, And after that the thorn; An hour of dewy morn, And then the glamour goes. Ah, love… — Henry Van Dyke Beauty Copy Share Image
“In mirth he mocks the other birds at noon, Catching the lilt of every easy tune; But when the day departs he… — Henry Van Dyke Bird Copy Share Image
It is better to burn the candle at both ends, and in the middle, too, than to put it away in the… — Henry Van Dyke Candle Copy Share Image
Long ago Apollo called to Aristæus, youngest of the shepherds, Saying, "I will make you keeper of my bees." Golden were the… — Henry Van Dyke Apollo Copy Share Image
Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
