Peace Quotes by Henry Van Dyke

8 Peace quotes by Henry Van Dyke

Henry Van Dyke’s prose often feels like a quiet walk; these eight short reflections keep that pace steady. They’re a modest collection that still manages to convey his warm, reassuring outlook on calm.

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

Henry Van Dyke

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A peaceful man must fight For that which peace demands, Freedom and faith, honor and right, Defend with heart and hands.

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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…

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These are the things I prize And hold of dearest worth: Light of the sapphire skies, Peace of the silent hills, Shelter…

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Peace without Justice is a low estate, A coward cringing to an iron Fate! But Peace through Justice is the great ideal,…

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The world is full of warfare 'twixt the evil and the good;I watched the battle from afar as one who understoodThe shouting…

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Love is not getting, but giving. Not a wild dream of pleasure and madness of desire - oh, no - love is…

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Love is not getting, but giving; It is goodness, and honor, and peace and pure living.

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I know that Europe's wonderful, yet something seems to lack;The Past is too much with her, and the people looking back.

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The Bible does not profess to make men omniscient, but simply to tell them enough to make them happy and good, if they will…

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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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