"Love is not about getting - but..." - Quote by Henry Van Dyke

“The strength of your life is measured by the strength of your will.”

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

“You can never begin to live until you dare to die.”

“The only important thing is to follow nature. A tiger should be a good tiger; a tree, a good tree. So people should be people. But to know what people are, one must follow nature and go alone, admitting the importance of the unexpected. Still, nothing is possible without love. . . . For love puts one in a mood to risk everything, and not to withhold important elements.”

“Love is the burning point of life, and since all life is sorrowful, so is love. The stronger the love, the more the pain. Love itself is pain, you might say -the pain of being truly alive.”

“Love is not a thing, it is not lost when given. You can offer your love completely to hundreds of people and still retain the same love you had originally.”

“Be sure that you give the poor the aid they most need. If you give money, spend yourself with it, and do not merely abandon it to them. Often the poor man is not cold and hungry as he is dirty and ragged and gross. It is partly his taste, and not merely his misfortune.”

“Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving.”

“Most people think of success in terms of getting; success, however, begins in terms of giving.”