Like
a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the
reason of everything appears more clear. What has puzzled us before seems less
mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end.
-- Jean Paul Richter
 |
"To be happy
in this world, especially when youth is past, it is necessary to feel oneself
not merely an isolated individual whose day will soon be over, but part of the
stream of life flowing on from the first germ to the remote and unknown future."
-- Bertrand
Russell |
It
is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse
is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides.
-- George
Sand (1804 - 1876)
"Old
places and old persons in their turn, when spirit dwells in them, have an intrinsic
vitality of which youth is incapable, precisely, the balance and wisdom that come
from long perspectives and broad foundations"
-- George Santayana (Spanish
born American Philosopher, Poet and Humanist )
Before
you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavor to understand him.
-- George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
"Those
who love not their fellow-beings live unfruitful lives, and prepare for their
old age a miserable grave."
-- Percy Bysshe Shelley
With
age come the inner, the higher life. Who would be forever young, to dwell always
in externals?
--
Elizabeth Cady Stanton | 
|
Senior
Citizens Day - August 21
Intl.
Day of Older Persons
- October 1
