We may be able to tell how many stars are in the Milky Way; we may be able to count the petals of every flower, and number the bones of every bird; but unless faith leads us to a deeper understanding, a more reverent comprehension of the significance of the universe, God can be no more pleased with our knowledge than the painter is pleased with the fly which touches his picture with its feelers, and sips the varnish from the surface, and dies without dreaming of the meaning, thought, feeling, embodied in the colors.
What we do belongs to what we are; and what we are is what becomes of us. - Henry Van Dyke
What we do belongs to what we are; and what we are is what becomes of us.
- Henry Van Dyke
Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are. - Henry Van Dyke
Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are.
Be grateful for the tiny details of your life and make room for unexpected and beautiful blessings. - Henry Van Dyke
Be grateful for the tiny details of your life and make room for unexpected and beautiful blessings.
Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars. - 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.
The strength of your life is measured by the strength of your will. - Henry Van Dyke
The strength of your life is measured by the strength of your will.
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. - 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.
We measure success by accumulation. The measure is false. The true measure is appreciation. He who loves most has most. - Henry Van Dyke
We measure success by accumulation. The measure is false. The true measure is appreciation. He who loves most has most.
There is no conflict between the Old and the New; the conflict is between the False and the True. - Henry Van Dyke
There is no conflict between the Old and the New; the conflict is between the False and the True.
A river is the most human and companionable of all inanimate things. It has a life, a character, a voice of its own; and it is as full of good fellow… - Henry Van Dyke
A river is the most human and companionable of all inanimate things. It has a life, a character, a voice of its own; and it is as full of good fellow…
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