Self is the only prison that can ever bind the soul. ~Henry Van Dyke — Henry Van Dyke Crime Copy Share Image
If all the world were music, Our hearts would often long For one sweet strain of silence. To break the endless song. — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
Even if we should find another Eden, we would not be fit to enjoy it perfectly nor stay in it forever. — Henry Van Dyke Eden Copy Share Image
Every house where love abides And friendship is a guest, Is surely home, and home sweet home For there the heart can… — Henry Van Dyke Friendship Copy Share Image
In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence. — Henry Van Dyke Declaration Copy Share Image
Gratitude is a two fold love - love coming to visit us, and love running out to greet a welcome guest. — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
You never see the stock called Happiness quoted on the exchange. — Henry Van Dyke Customer 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
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
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
For ever so our thoughtful hearts repeatOn fields of triumph dirges of defeat;And still we turn on gala-days to treadAmong the rustling… — Henry Van Dyke Defeat Copy Share Image
Flowers rejoice when night is done, Lift their heads to greet the sun; Sweetest looks and odours raise, In a silent hymn… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
There are many kinds of love, as many kinds of light, And every kind of love makes a glory in the night.… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what… — Henry Van Dyke Death 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
A river is the most human and companionable of all inanimate things. It has a life, a character, a voice of its… — Henry Van Dyke Animal Copy Share Image
Are you willing to believe that love is the strongest thing in the world - stronger than hate, stronger than evil, stronger… — Henry Van Dyke Blessed life 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 brave man is intelligent; he faces danger because he understands it and is prepared to meet it. The drunkard who runs,… — Henry Van Dyke Brave Copy Share Image
Are you willing to forget what you have done for other people, and to remember what other people have done for you… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
And you will remember that love is not getting, but giving; not a wild dream of pleasure, and a madness of desire… — Henry Van Dyke Best things Copy Share Image
So let the way wind up the hill or down, O’er rough or smooth, the journey will be joy; Still seeking what… — Henry Van Dyke Adventure Copy Share Image
To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
You may have to live in a crowd, but you do not have to live like it. — Henry Van Dyke 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
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
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
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
