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Henry Van Dyke
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Henry Van Dyke
Age: 80 †
Born: 1852
Born: November 10
Died: 1933
Died: April 10
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No amount of energy will take the place of thought. A strenuous life with its eyes shut is a kind of wild insanity.
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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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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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To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind - this is a choice which is possible for all of us and surely it is a good haven to sail for.
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What is Fortune, what is Fame? Futile gold and phantom name- Riches buried in a cave, Glory written on a grave.
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Modest egotism is the salt of conversation you do not want too much of it, but if it is altogether omitted, everything tastes flat.
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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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Those who would see wonderful things must often be ready to travel alone.
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Count not the cost of honour to the dead!The tribute that a mighty nation paysTo those who loved her well in former daysMeans more than gratitude for glories fledFor every noble man that she hath bred,Lives in the bronze and marble that we raise,Immortalised by art's immortal praise,To lead our sons as he our fathers led.
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You can never begin to live until you dare to die.
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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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Use what talents you possess the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.
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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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How fascinating is death, the extinction of life. One moment here and the next gone. The light put out and only the empty bag of the body left.
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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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This is the soldier brave enough to tellThe glory-dazzled world that war is hell:Lover of peace, he looks beyond the strife,And rides through hell to save his country's life.
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Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why.
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Like water spilt upon the ground--alas, Our little lives flow swiftly on and pass Yet may they bring rich harvests and green grass!
Henry Van Dyke
Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.
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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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