926 Quotes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.

The holiest of holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart; The secret anniversaries of the heart.

Round about what is, lies a whole mysterious world of might be, a psychological romance of possibilities and things that do not happen.

Taste the joy That springs from labor.

The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service.

Take this sorrow to thy heart and make it part of thee, and it shall nourish thee till thou art strong again.

He looks the whole world in the face for he owes not any man.

Love keeps the cold out better than a cloak.

The mind of the scholar, if you would have it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds. It is better that his armor should be somewhat bruised by rude encounters even, than hang forever rusting on the wall.