Age Quote by Christopher Lasch

It is only to the finest natures that age gives an added beauty and distinction; for the most persistent self has then worked its…

— Karl Blind

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“The old concept of chronological, orderly, symmetrical development of character died when it was discovered that the unconscious motivations are entirely at odds with…

— Anaïs Nin

“Does character develop over time? In novels, of course it does:otherwise there wouldn't be much of a story. But in life? I sometimes wonder.…

— Julian Barnes

After a certain age, the more one becomes oneself, the more obvious one's family traits become.

— Marcel Proust

When you're a child, and you're growing up, and you're mimicking a certain character, or you're trying to live and breathe a certain character…

— Cole Sprouse

Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Everything in adulthood can be traced back to childhood.

— Penny Junor

Disease can be seen as a call for personal transformation through metamorphosis. It is a transition from the death of your old self into…

— Tom O'Connor

A man's character never changes radically from youth to old age. What happens is that circumstances bring out characteristics which had not been obvious…

— Hesketh Pearson

All disease and aging occurs as the subtle physical body breaks down.

— Frederick Lenz

“After a certain age, and even if we develop in quite different ways, the more we become ourselves, the more our family traits are…

— Marcel Proust