Henry Van Dyke

"Time is Too Slow for those who Wait, Too Swift for those who Fear, Too Long for those who Grieve, Too Short for those who Rejoice; But for those who Love, Time is not."

Henry Van Dyke

"Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest."

Henry Van Dyke

"There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher."

Henry Van Dyke

"Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars."

Henry Van Dyke

"Raise the stone, and thou shalt find me; cleave the wood and there am I."

Henry Van Dyke

"The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month."

Henry Van Dyke

"To be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars- to be satisfied with your possessions but not content with yourself until you have made the best of them- to despise nothing in the world except falsehood and meanness, and to fear nothing except cowardice- to be governed by you admirations rather than by your disgusts- to covet nothing that is your neighbors except his kindness of heart and gentleness of manners- to think seldom of your enemies, often of your friends, and every day of Christ; to spend as much time as you can in God's out-of doors- these are the little guideposts on the footpaths to peace."

Henry Van Dyke

"I'm only wishing to go a-fishing; For this the month of May was made."

Henry Van Dyke

"For real company and friendship, there is nothing outside of the animal kingdom that is comparable to a river."

Henry Van Dyke

"The mountain is voiceless and imperturbable; and its very loftiness and serenity sometimes make us the more lonely."

Henry Van Dyke

"The promotion from all-day picnics to a two weeks' camping-trip is like going from school to college."

Henry Van Dyke

"Every mountain is, rightly considered, an invitation to climb."

Henry Van Dyke

"Romantic love interests almost everybody, because almost everybody knows something about it, or would like to know."

Henry Van Dyke

"How often a man has cause to return thanks for the enthusiasms of his friends! They are the little fountains that run down from the hills to refresh the mental desert of the despondent."

Henry Van Dyke

"Christ never asks us to give up merely for the sake of giving up, but always in order to win something better."

Henry Van Dyke

"The simple life which blandly ignores all care and conflict, soon becomes flabby and invertebrate, sentimental and gelatinous."

Henry Van Dyke

"No amount of energy will take the place of thought."

Henry Van Dyke

"As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge."

Henry Van Dyke

"Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best."

Henry Van Dyke

"He is a Presbyterian first and an artist second, which is just as comfortable as trying to be a Presbyterian first and a chorus girl second."

Henry Van Dyke

"Use what talents you possess the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best."

Henry Van Dyke

"It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the most agreeable nor the best to live with."

Henry Van Dyke

"Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why."

Henry Van Dyke

"Genius is talent set on fire by courage."

Henry Van Dyke

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

Henry Van Dyke