Maxioms by Henry Van Dyke
Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why.
Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why.
Love is not getting, but giving, not a wild dream of pleasure, and madness of desire— ... it is goodness, read more
Love is not getting, but giving, not a wild dream of pleasure, and madness of desire— ... it is goodness, and honor, and peace and pure living.
Who seeks for heaven alone to save his soul, May keep the path, but will not reach the goal; While read more
Who seeks for heaven alone to save his soul, May keep the path, but will not reach the goal; While he who walks in love may wander far, But God will bring him where the Blessed are.
Use what talents you possess; The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang read more
Use what talents you possess; The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.
Tact is the unsaid part of what you think; it's opposite, the unthought part of which you say
Tact is the unsaid part of what you think; it's opposite, the unthought part of which you say
