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."

"To be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars- to be satisfied with your possessions but not content with yourself until you have made …"

"As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge."

"Romantic love interests almost everybody, because almost everybody knows something about it, or would like to know."

"The simple life which blandly ignores all care and conflict, soon becomes flabby and invertebrate, sentimental and gelatinous."

"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."

"No amount of energy will take the place of thought."

"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 a…"