Dyke, Henry Van (Henry Van Dyke)

No amount of energy will take the place of thought. A strenuous life with its eyes shut is a kind of wild insanity.
-- Henry Van Dyke

Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live.
-- Henry Van Dyke

There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.
-- Henry van Dyke

One should always learn to enjoy the neighbor's garden, however small; the roses straggling over the fence, the scent of lilacs drifting across the road.
-- Henry van Dyke

Use what talent you possess
-- Henry van Dyke

Self is the only prison that can ever bind the soul.
-- Henry van Dyke

Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live.
-- Henry van Dyke