Henry Van Dyke

Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest.

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.

A friend is what the heart needs all the time.

There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.