Henry van Dyke

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

"Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best."

"And so, by night, while we were all at rest, I think the coming sped the parting guest."

"A tear that trembles for a little while Upon the trembling eyelid, till the world Wavers within its circle like a dream, Holds more of meaning in its narrow orb Than all the distant landscape that it blurs."

"Raise the stone, and thou shalt find me; cleave the wood and there am I."

"Im only wishing to go a-fishing; For this the month of May was made."