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Age ... is a matter of feeling, not of years.
Age ... is a matter of feeling, not of years.
There is always some specific moment when we become aware that our youth is gone; but, years after, we know read more
There is always some specific moment when we become aware that our youth is gone; but, years after, we know it was much later.
The crucial task of old age is balance: keeping just well enough, just brave enough, just gay and interested and read more
The crucial task of old age is balance: keeping just well enough, just brave enough, just gay and interested and starkly honest enough to remain a sentient human being.
The awareness of the ambiguity of one's highest achievements (as well as one's deepest failures) is a definite symptom of read more
The awareness of the ambiguity of one's highest achievements (as well as one's deepest failures) is a definite symptom of maturity.
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that
bringeth forth his fruit in read more
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that
bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not
wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.
Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.
The old are in a second childhood.
The old are in a second childhood.
Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting and fairly serene, but my eighties read more
Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting and fairly serene, but my eighties are passionate. I grow more intense as I age.
Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forewards. -Soren Kierkegaard.
Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forewards. -Soren Kierkegaard.