I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had.
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The solution to adult problems tomorrow depends on large measure upon how our children grow up today.
As the traveler who has once been from home is wiser than he who has never left his own doorstep, so a knowledge of one other culture should sharpen our ability to scrutinize more steadily, to appreciate more lovingly, our own.
The overwhelming importance of the atmosphere means that there are no longer any frontiers to defend against pollution, attack, or propaganda. It means, further, that only by a deep patriotic devotion to one’s country can there be a hope of the kind of protection of the whole planet, which is necessary for the survival of the people of other countries.
We know of no culture that has said, articulately, that there is no difference between men and women except in the way they contribute to the creation of the next generation.
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He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition, youth and age are equally a burden.
A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age.
The weight of this sad time we must obey; speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. The oldest hath borne most: we that are young, shall never see so much, nor live so long.
Vigor is found in the man who has not yet grown old, and discretion in the man who is not too young.
Lord save us all from old age and broken health and a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms.
I remember my youth and the feeling that I could last forever, outlast the sea, the earth and all men.
Towering in the confidence of twenty-one.
First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end.
