Henry Van Dyke
Henry Van Dyke
Henry Jackson van Dykewas an American author, educator, and clergyman...
reality rivers people
It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the most agreeable nor the best to live with.
life heart night
There are many kinds of love, as many kinds of light, And every kind of love makes a glory in the night. There is love that stirs the heart, and love that gives it rest, But the love that leads life upward is the noblest and the best.
men thinking confusion
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; To act from honest motives purely; To trust in God and Heav'n securely.
father
What do I owe my father? Everything!
looks seeds
Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.
love valentines-day powerful
For those who love... time is eternity...
sarcastic imbeciles jazz
Jazz: Music invented for the torture of imbeciles.
running gratitude two
Gratitude is a two fold love - love coming to visit us, and love running out to greet a welcome guest.
names gold caves
What is Fortune, what is Fame? Futile gold and phantom name- Riches buried in a cave, Glory written on a grave.
kindness tree generations
He that planteth a tree ...provideth a kindness for many generations.
mother memories eden
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 of the lost Paradise. It is the sense that even if we should find another Eden, we would not be fit to enjoy it perfectly nor stay in it forever.
dream love-you love-is
Love is not getting, but giving. Not a wild dream of pleasure and madness of desire - oh, no - love is not that! It is goodness and honor and peace and pure living - yes, love is that and it is the best thing in the world and the thing that lives the longest....
stars ocean blessed
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 land of Room Enough beyond the ocean bars, Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars.
rose thorns bears
The best rose-bush, after all, is not that which has the fewest thorns, but that which bears the finest roses.