“A man advanced in years that thinks fit to look back on his former life, and calls that only life which was passed with satisfaction and enjoyment, excluding all parts which were not pleasant to him, will find himself very young, if not in infancy.” IfsThinkingMenYearsLooksAgeYoungYouthFitSatisfactionFormerEnjoymentPleasantInfancyFormer Life Book:The spectator Source: The spectator
“To prepare youth for success in entrepreneurial (and free) cultures, education tends to emphasize originality, creativity, breadth, depth and leadership skills rather than rote memorization, standardized curricula or socialization. The latter skill set is vital in societies with strong upper classes employing the lower castes, but the former is essential to free democratic nations.” CultureStrongNationsClassCreativityYouthSkillsEssentialsDemocraticDepthFormerLatterOriginalityEntrepreneurialBreadthCastesUpper ClassEmployingLeadership SkillsSocializationMemorization Author:Oliver DeMille
“I can see both trends among the youths: people who are ready for a constructive, critical and active presence, and others who are ready to become invisible Muslims and to compromise to be accepted. I put my hope in the former and pray for the latter.” PeopleI CanYouthReadyPrayingCriticalActiveAcceptedInvisibleCompromiseFormerLatterTrendsConstructive Author:Tariq Ramadan
“If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world, they would take away the spring, and youth, the former from the year, the latter from human life.” IfsWorldYearsHumansEnemyYouthSpringInnocentFormerHuman LifeLatterAmusement Author:Honore de Balzac
“To the Virgins, To Make much of Time Gather ye rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles today, Tomorrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he’s a-getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he is to setting. That age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer; But being spent, the worse, and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And while you may, go marry; For having lost but once your prime, You may for ever tarry.” FirstsMayStillsUseRunningAgeTodayLostHeavenRaceSunBloodWorstDyingYouthFlowerHigherTomorrowSucceedRoseFlyingSettingSettingsFormerGloriousPrimeVirginsLampsBudOld TimeWorst TimesRosebudsRose Buds Author:Robert Herrick