“If two men who were friends in their youth meet again when they are old, after being separated for a life-time, the chief feeling they will have at the sight of each other will be one of complete disappointment at life as a whole; because their thoughts will be carried back to that earlier time when life seemed so fair as it lay spread out before them in the rosy light of dawn, promised so much — and then performed so little.” IfsMenLittlesTwoWholeFeelingsLightYouthFairsSightLaysDisappointmentSpreadChiefsDawnLife TimeRosy Book:Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer Source: Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer
“A Fraternity, too, is of such character that after men have left college they delight to renew their own youth by continued association with it and to bring their richest experiences back to the younger generation in part payment of the debt which they feel themselves owe to the fraternity for what it gave them in their formative years.” MenFeelsYearsCharacterLeftGenerationsYouthCollegeDelightDebtAssociationPaymentFraternityYounger GenerationFormative Years Author:Newton D. Baker
“Don't take up a man's time talking about the smartness of your children; he wants to talk to you about the smartness of his children.” MenWantChildrenTalkingYouthOur ChildrenYour ChildrenSmartness Author:E. W. Howe
“place where man laughs, sings, picks flowers, chases butterflies and pets birds, makes love with maidens, and plays with children. Here he spontaneously reveals his nature, the base as well as the noble. Here also he buries his sorrows and difficulties and cherishes his ideals and hopes. It is in the garden that men discover themselves. Indeed one discovers not only his real self but also his ideal self?he returns to his youth. Inevitably the garden is made the scene of man's merriment, escapades, romantic abandonment, spiritual awakening or the perfection of his finer self.” MenWellsChildrenMadeRealSelfPlaySpiritualLaughingYouthFlowerReturnSorrowSceneBirdPicksIdealsGardenPerfectionDifficultyNobleAwakeningPetCherishButterflyMaking LoveAbandonmentSpiritual AwakeningMaidensReal SelfMerrimentEscapade Author:Confucius
“Do we indeed desire the dead Should still be near us at our side ? Is there no baseness we would hide ? No inner vileness that we dread ? How many a father have I seen A sober man, among his boys Whose youth was full of foolish noise.” MenShouldStillsDesireFatherSidesBoysYouthFoolishNoiseDreadSoberBaseness Author:Alfred Lord Tennyson
“I was always an early riser. Happy the man who is! Every morning day comes to him with a virgin's love, full of bloom and freshness. The youth of nature is contagious, like the gladness of a happy child.” MenChildrenMorningYouthHe ManEvery MorningVirginsContagiousGladnessFreshnessHappy Children Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton