Henry Van Dyke Quotes

Sense the blessings of the earth in the perfect arc of a ripe tangerine, the taste of warm, fresh bread, the circling flight of birds, the lavender color of the sky shining in a late afternoon rain puddle, the million times we pass other beings in our cars and shops and out among the trees without crashing, conflict, or harm.

I go to the ocean to calm down, to reconnect with the creator, to just be happy.

Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.

Peace in every step. The shining red sun is my heart. Each flower smiles with me. How green, how fresh all that grows. How cool the wind blows. Peace is every step. It turns the endless path to joy.

I always say that the times in my life when I've been happiest are the times when I've seen, like, a sunset.

In a meadow full of flowers, you cannot walk through and breathe those smells and see all those colors and remain angry. We have to support the beauty, the poetry, of life.

We have to get back to the beauty of just being alive in this present moment.

It is so small a thing to have enjoyed the sun, to have lived light in the spring, to have loved, to have thought, to have done.

I love to sit on a mountain top and gaze. I don't think of anything but the people I care about and the view.

It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.

Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity.

Simplicity makes me happy.

A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.

To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life.

The simplest of simplest things makes me happy. I love small gestures and nature in life.

I'm just delighted to be living, to be able to have a simple conversation, to feel a ray of sunlight on my skin and listen to the breeze move through the leaves of a tree.

When all within is peace How nature seems to smile Delights that never cease The live-long day beguile

The Best Things In Life Are Free Sunshine, songs of birds, the blue heavens, sunrise, the sea air, the field full of flowers, the wonders of nature, the magenta sunset, love, joy, peace of mind, the wonders of nature, the warm rain, the dew of the roses, the love of God, etc., are here for our enjoyment.

I never get tired of the blue sky.

As long as this exists, this sunshine and this cloudless sky, and as long as I can enjoy it, how can I be sad?

The joy sometimes is in the simple beauty.

The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, the wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms.

I think people should maybe just go out into the garden and watch a ladybug crawl across a flower and relax their mind. That's about all you need to know about life, I think.

With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?

I will be the gladdest thing under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one.