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Even if we should find another Eden, we would not be fit to enjoy it perfectly nor stay in it forever.
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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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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Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.
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In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence.
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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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One truly affectionate soul in a family will evert a sweetening and harmonizing influence upon all its members.
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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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Like water spilt upon the ground--alas, Our little lives flow swiftly on and pass Yet may they bring rich harvests and green grass!
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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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You can never begin to live until you dare to die.
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Man said, I am tired of kings! Sons of the robber-chiefs of yore, They make me pay for their lust and their war I am the puppet, they pull the strings The blood of my heart is the wine they drink. I will govern myself for awhile I think, And see what that brings!
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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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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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As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge.
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Gratitude is a two fold love - love coming to visit us, and love running out to greet a welcome guest.
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Let me but find it in my heart to say, When vagrant wishes beckon me astray, This is my work my blessing, not my doom Of all who live, I am the one by whom This work can best be done in the right way.
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