Civilization Quote by Pearl S. Buck

A society that does not value its older people denies its roots and endangers its future. Let us strive to enhance their capacity to…

— Nelson Mandela

We do ourselves and others a disservice when we make old age something to be feared...The longer we live, the more life we possess.

— Harold S. Kushner

There has been too much silliness and cliche when looking at older people: I think that hides a fear of death that we have…

— Sebastian Lelio

Our age gives the more receptive among the young such a sense of social responsibility that one is inclined at times to fear that…

— Ellen Key

The test of a civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members

— Pearl S. Buck

Societies as well as people become afraid of change as they grow older. It's human nature. The young have adventures while the old sit…

— Paul J. McAuley

The fears of old age disturb us, yet how few attain it?

— Jean de la Bruyere

In our long and obsessive passion for youth, we have - more than any other modern society - avoided direct approach to age and…

— Marya Mannes

“Eliminate the Fear of Old Age by reaching a decision to accept it not as a handicap, but as a great blessing which carries…

— Napoleon Hill

Age is provident because the less future we have the more we fear it.

— Ambrose Bierce

The fear of old age disturbs us, yet we are not certain of becoming old.

— Jean de la Bruyere

When a child becomes an adult . . . the elders are fearful. And for good reason . . . not we but they…

— Louise J. Kaplan