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Genius is talent set on fire by courage.

Henry Van Dyke

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Henry Van Dyke
Age: 80 †
Born: 1852
Born: November 10
Died: 1933
Died: April 10
Diplomat
Poet
Writer
Germantown
Philadelphia
Talent
Fire
Genius
Courage

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Tact is the unsaid part of what you think.
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Heaven often seems distant and unknown, but if He who made the road... is our guide, we need not fear to lose the way.
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Happiness is inward, and not outward and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are.
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Peace without Justice is a low estate,— A coward cringing to an iron Fate! But Peace through Justice is the great ideal,— We'll pay the price of war to make it real.
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Favorite People, Favorite Places, Favorite Memories of the past ... These are the joys of a lifetime Those are the things that last
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I shall grow old, but never lose life's zest, because the road's last turn will be the best.
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In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence.
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Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.
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Fidelity is simply daring to be true in small things as well as great.
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Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.
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The worlds in which we live at heart are one, The world I am, the fruit of I have done And underneath these worlds of flower and fruit, The world I love,--the only living root.
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Heaven is blest with perfect rest, but the blessing of Earth is toil.
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Love is not getting, but giving It is goodness, and honor, and peace and pure living.
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There is no conflict between the Old and the New the conflict is between the False and the True.
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You can never begin to live until you dare to die.
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The shadow by my finger cast Divides the future from the past: Before it, sleeps the unborn hour, In darkness, and beyond thy power. Behind its unreturning line, The vanished hour, no longer thine: One hour alone is in thy hands,- The NOW on which the shadow stands.
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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.
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Flowers rejoice when night is done, Lift their heads to greet the sun Sweetest looks and odours raise, In a silent hymn of praise.
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You may have to live in a crowd, but you do not have to live like it.
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A flawless cup: how delicate and fine The flowing curve of every jewelled line! Look, turn it up or down, 'tis perfect still-- But holds no drop of life's heart-warming wine.
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