Henry Van Dyke Quotes
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No amount of energy will take the place of thought. A strenuous life with its eyes shut is a kind of wild insanity.
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Oh, it's home again and home again, America for me! I want a ship that's westward bound to plough the rolling sea To the blessed…
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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 of the forests,…
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If all the skies were sunshine Our faces would be fain To feel once more upon them The cooling splash of rain. If all the…
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Love is not getting, but giving. Not a wild dream of pleasure and madness of desire - oh, no - love is not that! It…
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Love is not about getting - but giving.
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Who can explain the secret pathos of Nature's loveliness? It is a touch of melancholy inherited from our mother Eve. It is an unconscious memory…
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He that planteth a tree ...provideth a kindness for many generations.
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Gratitude is a two fold love - love coming to visit us, and love running out to greet a welcome guest.
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Be grateful for the tiny details of your life and make room for unexpected and beautiful blessings.
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Jazz: Music invented for the torture of imbeciles.
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For those who love... time is eternity...
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A river is the most human and companionable of all inanimate things. It has a life, a character, a voice of its own; and it…
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What do I owe my father? Everything!
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Heaven is blessed with perfect rest but the blessing of earth is toil.
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Four things a man must learn to do If he would make his record true; To think without confusion clearly; To love his fellowmen sincerely;…
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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 and faithfully and…
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I thank God for the honesty and virility of Jesus religion which makes us face the facts and calls us to take a man's part…
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Love is not getting, but giving; It is goodness, and honor, and peace and pure living.
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Thou wayfaring Jesus - a pilgrim and stranger, Exiled from heaven by love at Thy birth: Exiled again from Thy rest in the manger, A…
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