200 Quotes by Henry Van Dyke

The Bible does not profess to make men omniscient, but simply to tell them enough to make them happy and good, if they will believe it and live up to it.

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.

There is a better thing than the observance of Christmas day, and that is, keeping Christmas.

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

Gratitude is a twofold love -- love coming to visit us, and love running out to greet a welcome guest.

No amount of energy will take the place of thought. A strenuous life with its eyes shut is a kind of wild insanity.

A little while the rose, And after that the thorn; An hour of dewy morn, And then the glamour goes. Ah, love in beauty born, A little while the rose!

It is better to burn the candle at both ends, and in the middle, too, than to put it away in the closet and let the mice eat it.

If all the world were music, Our hearts would often long For one sweet strain of silence. To break the endless song.