Age Quote by Edward Abbey

In our society, happiness achieved through reflection is a rarity...Temporary pleasures should never be mistaken as happiness.

— Westley Aden

What our age lacks is not reflection, but passion.

— Soren Kierkegaard

Our age is essentially one of understanding and reflection, without passion, momentarily bursting into enthusiasm and shrewdly relapsing into repose.

— Anonymous

“As we age, we become more aware of the rarity and exquisiteness of beauty, and come to admire the flowers blooming amongst rubble. With…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from the gratification of the senses, a most blessed and…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Old age is the fourth stage. By the time one reaches this stage of his journey, he must have discovered that the joys available…

— Sathya Sai Baba

Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young.

— Orison Swett Marden

There are certain things that our age needs. It needs, above all, courageous hope and the impulse to creativeness.

— Bertrand Russell

One pleasure attached to growing older is that many things seem to be growing younger; growing fresher and more lively than we once supposed…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

There are certain things that our age needs, and certain things that it should avoid. It needs compassion and a wish that mankind should…

— Bertrand Russell

Ripe old age, cheerful, useful, and understanding, is one of the finest influences in the world.

— Ida Tarbell

It's amazing what we've been through already in our lives no matter what our age. Think of what we've seen, people we've met, our…

— Tara Stiles