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Henry Van Dyke Quotes

«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.»
«Many a treasure besides Ali Baba's is unlocked with a verbal key»
«There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart - never to believe anything bad about anybody unless you positively know it to be true; never to tell even that unless you feel that it is absolutely necessary, and that God is listeni»
«As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge.»
«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 cheerfully as we can.»
«It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the most agreeable nor the best to live with»
«Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest»
Author: Henry Van Dyke (Essayist, Poet, Writer) | About: Love | Keywords: longest
«Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why»
Author: Henry Van Dyke (Essayist, Poet, Writer) | About: Culture
«Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.»
«A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war.»
Author: Henry Van Dyke (Essayist, Poet, Writer) | Keywords: suppressed

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