Aging Quote by John le Carré

“The Prophet brought a message relevant for all ages, in other words, but he lived a life of his own age.”

— Mustafa Akyol

“Israel had always thought that growing up was simply something that happened to you: you grew taller, more dextrous, you acquired language, learned to…

— Ian Sansom

“In childhood, you long to grow up fast because older people are more powerful, young men more powerful. A child just longs to grow…

— Osho

“MY PARENTS HAD GROWN ME TILL MY BIRTH, THE REST OF MY LIFE WAS GROWN BY MY ENEMIES”

— P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

“It’s odd how one’s memories of youth turn out so bleak. Why does the business of growing up—one’s recollections of growth itself—have to be…

— Yukio Mishima

“Lawrence of Arabia said old and wise means tired and disappointed. He didn’t live long enough to know how right he was.”

— Joseph Wambaugh

“We never arrive at a place of knowing it all. For as long as we are alive, we are challenged to grow, learn, evolve,…

— Rob Hill Sr

To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of…

— Herman Melville

“To be young is to be powerless, but to have delusions of power. To believe that one can really change things, make the world…

— Frances Hardinge

“Growing old does not make us any better at loving one another or understanding the meaning of life or death. Nor does knowledge come…

— Kyung-sook Shin

“In a desperate attempt to stay young forever we have achieved eternal childishness, rather than eternal youth.”

— Daniel Prokop

“It’s not that we grow old, I thought, but that we grow old in decline and discomfort, and these hardships are made worse by…

— Thomas H. Cook