"Love that leads life upward is the..." - Quote by Henry Van Dyke

“There is only one way to get ready for immortality, and that is to love this life and live it as bravely and faithfully and cheerfully as we can.”

“Modest egotism is the salt of conversation; you do not want too much of it, but if it is altogether omitted, everything tastes flat.”

“There is no conflict between the Old and the New; the conflict is between the False and the True.”

“Do all things with love.”

“A marriage. . .will give a new gladness to the sunshine, a new fragrance to the flowers, a new beauty to the earth, and a new mystery to life.”

“For all of us, as we grow older, perhaps the most important thing is to keep alive our love of others and to believe that our love and interest are as vitally necessary to them as to us. This is what makes us keep on growing and refills the fountains of energy.”

“To inherit property is not to be born - it is to be still-born, rather.”

“Be good-natured and untidy in your exuberance.”

“Fidelity to the law of your own being is an act of high courage flung in the face of life.”