3 December 2020 Henry Van Dyke The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.
3 December 2020 Henry Van Dyke Happiness is inward, and not outward and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are.
3 December 2020 Henry Van Dyke It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the most agreeable nor the best to live with.
3 December 2020 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.
3 December 2020 Henry Van Dyke Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.
3 December 2020 Henry Van Dyke Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.
3 December 2020 Henry Van Dyke What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever.
3 December 2020 Henry Van Dyke Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest.
3 December 2020 Henry Van Dyke Use what talents you possess the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.
3 December 2020 Henry Van Dyke Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound to be a critic for life.
