More from Henry van Dyke
- Four things a man must learn to do If he would make his record true: To think without confusion clearly; To love his fellow-men sincerely; To act from honest motives purely; To trust in God and Heaven securely.
- Time is Too slow for those who wait, Too swift got those who fear, Too long for those who grieve, Too short for those who rejoice. But for those who love, Time is not.
- And in the middle of all this, I started to think about the one thing that makes me feel really good and makes immediate sense...and it's you.
- Absence diminishes commonplace passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and kindles fire.
- Absence is to love as wind to fire; it extinguishes the little flame, it fans the big.
- Absence makes the heart grow fonder: Isle of Beauty, fare thee well!
Last reviewed 2026-07-09