The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected.
Those of us who receive the blessing of a long life will also need to understand and manage grief and loss many times throughout our lives. Grief will come again, and again. Loss is a requisite part o...
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Age
I learned not to fear infinity,The far field, the windy cliffs of forever,The dying of time in the white light of tomorrow,The wheel turning away from itself,The sprawl of the wave,The on-coming water...
We grow neither better nor worse as we get old but more like ourselves
How beautifully the leaves grow old. How full of light and colour are their last days.
I never dared be radical when young For fear it would make me conservative when old.
Before you contradict an old man my fair friend you should endeavour to understand him.
Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.
My wisdom is as spurned as chaos. What is my nothingness, compared to the amazement that awaits you?
A tip for increased sales or in situations of life or death: Try to always refer to the lady as Miss. or Ms. Using the term: Ma'am could piss her off.
Looking back on it now, I'd say one's thirties are a cruel age. At this point, I think of them as a time I whiled away unaware of the tide that can suddenly pull you out, beyond the shallows, into the...
The magnitude of any one day is compromised by its passing quickly into the next, a mere moment in time which soon fades into the collective memory of our past.
Some women I talk to are so frightened of growing old. I sense their desperation. They say things like I m not going to live to be old I m not going to live to be dependent. The message young women ge...
He that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the world than he had when he was much younger.
He had come to that time in his life (it varies for every man) when a human being gives himself over to his demon or to his genius according to a mysterious law which orders him either to destroy or...
The difference between being an elder statesman And posing successfully as an elder statesman Is practically negligible.
An older author is constantly rediscovering himself in the more or less fossilized productions of his earlier years.
One of the many problems with aging is that you begin to think of yourself as a slob because your birthday suit can never be cleaned or pressed no matter how spotted or wrinkled it gets
Over the last few years, my comfort level with how I look has improved. My age has helped. You get used to yourself and accept yourself.
When you're a young man like yourself, life is full of wonders. Everything new. Everything an adventure. But as the years roll on, things become ordinary. Colors lose their vibrance. Stars lose their...