Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

The soul never grows old.

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Sometimes we may learn more from a man's errors, than from his virtues.

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In what a forge and what a heat were shaped the anchors of thy hope! Fear not each sudden sound and shock; 'Tis of the wave and not the rock.

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Noble souls, through dust and heat, rise from disaster and defeat the stronger.

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Nothing that is can pause or stay.

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What else remains for me? Youth, hope and love; To build a new life on a ruined life.

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All nature ... is a respiration Of the Spirit of God, who, in breathing hereafter Will inhale it into his bosom again, So that nothing but God alone will remain.

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That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.

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All was silent as before - All silent save the dripping rain.

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Every author has the whole past to contend with; all the centuries are upon him. He is compared with Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, Milton.

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There's nothing in this world so sweet as love. And next to love the sweetest thing is hate.

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Two ways the rivers Leap down to different seas, and as they roll Grow deep and still, and their majestic presence Becomes a benefaction to the towns They visit, wandering silently among them, Like patriarchs old among their shining tents.

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Know how sublime a thing it is to suffer and be strong.

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And in despair I bowed my head; "There is no peace on earth," I said; "For hate is strong, And mocks the song Of peace on earth, good-will to men!" Then pealed the bells more loud and deep: "God is not dead, nor doth he sleep! The Wrong shall fail, the Right prevail, With peace on earth, good-will to men!

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No tears Dim the sweet look that Nature wears.

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The heaven of poetry and romance still lies around us and within us.

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I shot an arrow into the air, it fell to earth, I knew not where.

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If you once understand an author's character, the comprehension of his writings becomes easy.

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What child has a heart to sing in this capricious clime of ours, when spring comes sailing in from the sea, with wet and heavy cloud-sails and the misty pennon of the east-wind nailed to the mast.

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Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person's mind, she generally plasters it over with a thick coat of self-conceit.

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