Death Quotes by Henry Van Dyke

8 Death quotes by Henry Van Dyke

Henry Van Dyke’s eight reflections on death are soft and contemplative, offering a comforting, poetic perspective on the inevitable.

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What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what…

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Are you willing to forget what you have done for other people, and to remember what other people have done for you…

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Are you willing to believe that love is the strongest thing in the world - stronger than hate, stronger than evil, stronger…

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Death comes in its own time, in its own way.Death is as unique as the individual experiencing it.

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

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There is only one way to get ready for immortality, and that is to love this life and live it as bravely…

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How fascinating is death, the extinction of life. One moment here and the next gone. The light put out and only the…

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

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So in the heart, When, fading slowly down the past, Fond memories depart, And each that leaves it seems the last; Long after all…

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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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A little while the rose, And after that the thorn; An hour of dewy morn, And then the glamour goes. Ah, love in beauty…

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

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Love is not about getting - but giving.

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Favorite People, Favorite Places, Favorite Memories of the past ... These are the joys of a lifetime Those are the things that last

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Religion? Yes, I know it well; I've heard its prayers and creeds, And seen men put them all to shame with poor, half-hearted deeds.…

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It is better to desire the things we have than to have the things we desire.

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Jazz: Music invented for the torture of imbeciles.

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Lord, when my spirit shall return to thee, At the foot of a friendly tree let my body be buried, That this dust may…

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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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In warlike pomp, with banners flowing, The regiments of autumn stood: I saw their gold and scarlet glowing From every hillside, every wood.

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There is a better thing than the observance of Christmas day, and that is, keeping Christmas.

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