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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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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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A peaceful man must fight For that which peace demands,— Freedom and faith, honor and right, Defend with heart and hands.
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But this I know. Those who seek Him will do well to look among the poor and the lowly, the sorrowful and the oppressed.
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Heaven is blest with perfect rest, but the blessing of Earth is toil.
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Hymns of today that may be sung by people who know the thought of the age...are not afraid that any truth of science will destroy Christianity, or any revolution will overthrow the Kingdom of Heaven.
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One truly affectionate soul in a family will evert a sweetening and harmonizing influence upon all its members.
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As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge.
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We measure success by accumulation. The measure is false. The true measure is appreciation. He who loves most has most.
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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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A clean and sensitive conscience, a steady and scrupulous integrity in small things as well as large, is the most valuable of all possessions, to a nation as to an individual.
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No amount of energy will take the place of thought.
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Lord, when my spirit shall return to thee, At the foot of a friendly tree let my body be buried, That this dust may rise and rejoice among the branches.
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In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence.
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The birth of Jesus is the sunrise in the Bible.
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Courage is the standing army of the soul which keeps it from conquest, pillage, and slavery.
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Oh, London is a man's town, there's power in the air And Paris is a woman's town, with flowers in her hair And it's sweet to dream in Venice, and it's great to study Rome But when it comes to living, there is no place like home.
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Those who would see wonderful things must often be ready to travel alone.
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I'm only wishing to go a-fishingFor this the month of May was made.
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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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What do I owe my father? Everything!
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