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 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.
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
Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are
Henry Van Dyke
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.
Henry Van Dyke
In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence.
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
As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge.
Henry Van Dyke
Are you willing to believe that love is the strongest thing in the world - stronger than hate, stronger than evil, stronger than death - and that the blessed life which began in Bethlehem nineteen hundred years ago is the image and brightness of the Eternal Love? Then you can keep Christmas.
Henry Van Dyke