“The self-esteem of western women is founded on physical being (body mass index, youth, beauty). This creates a tricky emphasis on image, but the internalized locus of self-worth saves lives. Western men are very different. In externalizing the source of their self-esteem, they surrender all emotional independence. (Conquest requires two parties, after all.) A man cannot feel like a man without a partner, corporation, team. Manhood is a game played on the terrain of opposites. It thus follows that male sense of self disintegrates when the Other is absent.” MenFeelsTwoDifferentSelfBodyGamesPartyTeamSelf EsteemYouthEmotionalSourceMassOppositesIndependenceWesternMalesPartnersSurrenderSelf WorthEsteemCorporationsManhoodEmphasisConquestAbsentTrickySense Of SelfTerrainSave A Life Book:The Eclipse: A Memoir of Suicide Source: The Eclipse: A Memoir of Suicide
“This was one of the greatest test of his faith he had ever experienced. The thought of deceiving the kind and faithful wife of his youth... was more than he felt able to bear.... his sorrow and misery were increased by the thought of my mother hearing it from some other source, which would no doubt separate them, and he shrank from the thought of such a thing, or of causing her any unhappiness.” KindAbleMotherFeltDoubtWifeYouthSourceBearsSorrowTestsMiseryHearingFaithfulNo DoubtUnhappinessDeceivingPolygamyFaithful Wife Author:Orson F. Whitney
“The fear of approaching death, which in youth we imagine must cause inquietude to the aged, is very seldom the source of much uneasiness.” DeathCausesImagineYouthSourceUneasinessApproaching Death Author:William Hazlitt
“To have children is a double living, the earthly fountain of youth, a continual fresh delight, a volcano as well as a fountain, and also a source of weariness beyond description.” WellsChildrenYouthSourceDelightDescriptionFountainWearinessVolcanoesFountain Of Youth Author:Josephine Winslow Johnson
“The biggest untapped source of energy today is our youth. I am from an age of consumerism, but my two daughters are young enough to change the way their generation thinks.” ThinkingWayTwoEnoughAgeTodayYoungEnergyGenerationsYouthSourceDaughterConsumerismTwo Daughters Author:Mike Horn
“My trick - is there one? Well, perhaps a bitter youth with many changes of occupation, with the necessity of trying everything from poetry to berry picking. These difficult early years probably constitute the sources of my modest photographic activity.” TryingYearsWellsDifficultYouthSourceActivityTricksBitterOccupationModestBerriesTrying Everything Author:Martin Munkacsi
“There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of the people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.” PeopleLifeMindAgeDeathWomenCreativityTalentYouthSourcePhilosophicalAgingOld AgeUpliftingBirthdayDefeatedSeniorFountainOld PeopleYoung AgeGrowing OldAgeingOld LadyGrowing OlderBe YoungYouthfulnessParents And GrandparentsFunny AgingBirthdays And AgingFunny Old Age BirthdayYoung And OldSophiaYouth And Old AgeAge And YouthAging GracefullySenior CitizenFunny AgeOver 50Staying YoungAge Of 40Inspirational AgeFountain Of YouthGifts And TalentsSkin CareAging ProcessAge And WisdomLost YouthRelated To CreativityGrowing Old GracefullyAge WisdomYouth FunnyYouth LifeCreativity And LearningTurning 50Age LifeAge LoveYoung Days Author:Sophia Loren