“You are surprised that the world is losing its grip, that the world is grown old? Think of a man: he is… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
If you have only a little capital and are young today, there are fewer opportunities than when I was young. Back then,… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Youth is too tumultuous for felicity; old age too insecure for happiness. The period most favorable to enjoyment, in a vigorous, fortunate,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
At the age of ten, he is a child; at twenty, a youth, and at thirty, he is called handsome. At forty,… — Sri Guru Granth Sahib Copy Share Image
“Here, on a human face, appeared all the ruin following upon hopeless labour. Laveuve's unkempt beard straggled over his features, suggesting an… — Émile Zola Copy Share Image
“The material world is full of cares and anxieties. In any one of the planets, beginning from the highest down to the… — A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Copy Share Image
Economically anxious, many parents see their children's accomplishments as a sort of insurance against the financial challenges of old age; high-achieving kids,… — Alissa Quart Copy Share Image
I did not know then how much was ended. When I look back now from this high hill of my old age,… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
“You want to leave the moat, to go back to the room; you’re already turning and trying to find the door, covered… — Sasha Sokolov Copy Share Image
“But today’s society is characterized by achievement orientation, and consequently it adores people who are successful and happy and, in particular, it… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn At… — Laurence Binyon Copy Share Image
A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Either a peaceful old age awaits me, or death flies round me with black wings. [Lat., Seu me tranquilla senectus Exspectat, seu… — Horace Copy Share Image
The short bloom of our brief and narrow life flies fast away. While we are calling for flowers and wine and women,… — Juvenal Copy Share Image
“At the time I now write of, Father Mapple was in the hardy winter of a healthy old age; that sort of… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“Angelina said, "Mom. I don't want you to die. That's the whole thing. You took from me the ability to care for… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share Image
The accumulation of great wealth is, in many instances, the effect of paying too little for the labor that produced it, the… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Possibly the best suggestion in condensed form, as to how to live, was given by my old Headmaster, Dr. Haig Brown, in… — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share Image
“He looked at his dry old hand and it seemed to him that in this atmosphere, he had himself become more reptilian… — Cordwainer Smith Copy Share Image
You need someone to ground you because if you start believing that your public persona is your only and real persona, then… — John Nettles Copy Share Image
Let us assume that entertainment is the sole end of reading; even so I think you would hold that no mental employment… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
