. . . in all our efforts to provide "advantages" we have actually produced the busiest, most competitive, highly pressured read more

. . . in all our efforts to provide "advantages" we have actually produced the busiest, most competitive, highly pressured and over-organized generation of youngsters in our history and possibly the unhappiest.

Our tastes greatly alter. The lad does not care for the child's rattle, and the old man does not care read more

Our tastes greatly alter. The lad does not care for the child's rattle, and the old man does not care for the young man's whore.

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold read more

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it onto future generations.

Each generation wants new symbols, new people, new names. They want to divorce themselves from their predecessors.

Each generation wants new symbols, new people, new names. They want to divorce themselves from their predecessors.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one read more

Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.\r\n

All change, all production and generation are effected through the word.

All change, all production and generation are effected through the word.

If you want happiness for a lifetime - help the next generation.

If you want happiness for a lifetime - help the next generation.

What one generation sees as a luxury, the next sees as a necessity.

What one generation sees as a luxury, the next sees as a necessity.