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  1. A quotation from C W Leadbeater

    Sometimes people grieve when they find old age coming upon them, when they find their vehicles not so strong as they used to be. They desire the strength and the faculties that they once had. It is wise for them to repress that desire, to realize that their bodies have done good work, and if they can no longer do the same amount as of yore, they should do gently and peacefully what they can, but not worry themselves over the change. Presently they will have new bodies; and the way to ensure a good vehicle is to make such use as one can of the old one, but in any case to be serene and calm and unruffled. The only way to do that is to forget self, to let all selfish desires cease, and to turn the thought outward to the helping of others as far as one’s capabilities go.

    C. W. Leadbeater (1846-1934) English clergyman, theosophist, author [Charles Webster Leadbeater]
    The Masters and the Path, ch. 14 (1925)

    More about this quote: wist.info/leadbeater-cw/83663/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #leadbeater #cwleadbeater #theosophy #aging #appreciation #besteffort #capability #decline #desire #disability #gettingold #grief #growingold #helping #henoed #illness #oldage #serenity #weakness

  2. A quotation from C W Leadbeater

    Sometimes people grieve when they find old age coming upon them, when they find their vehicles not so strong as they used to be. They desire the strength and the faculties that they once had. It is wise for them to repress that desire, to realize that their bodies have done good work, and if they can no longer do the same amount as of yore, they should do gently and peacefully what they can, but not worry themselves over the change. Presently they will have new bodies; and the way to ensure a good vehicle is to make such use as one can of the old one, but in any case to be serene and calm and unruffled. The only way to do that is to forget self, to let all selfish desires cease, and to turn the thought outward to the helping of others as far as one’s capabilities go.

    C. W. Leadbeater (1846-1934) English clergyman, theosophist, author [Charles Webster Leadbeater]
    The Masters and the Path, ch. 14 (1925)

    More about this quote: wist.info/leadbeater-cw/83663/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #leadbeater #cwleadbeater #theosophy #aging #appreciation #besteffort #capability #decline #desire #disability #gettingold #grief #growingold #helping #henoed #illness #oldage #serenity #weakness

  3. A quotation from C W Leadbeater

    Sometimes people grieve when they find old age coming upon them, when they find their vehicles not so strong as they used to be. They desire the strength and the faculties that they once had. It is wise for them to repress that desire, to realize that their bodies have done good work, and if they can no longer do the same amount as of yore, they should do gently and peacefully what they can, but not worry themselves over the change. Presently they will have new bodies; and the way to ensure a good vehicle is to make such use as one can of the old one, but in any case to be serene and calm and unruffled. The only way to do that is to forget self, to let all selfish desires cease, and to turn the thought outward to the helping of others as far as one’s capabilities go.

    C. W. Leadbeater (1846-1934) English clergyman, theosophist, author [Charles Webster Leadbeater]
    The Masters and the Path, ch. 14 (1925)

    More about this quote: wist.info/leadbeater-cw/83663/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #leadbeater #cwleadbeater #theosophy #aging #appreciation #besteffort #capability #decline #desire #disability #gettingold #grief #growingold #helping #henoed #illness #oldage #serenity #weakness

  4. A quotation from C W Leadbeater

    Sometimes people grieve when they find old age coming upon them, when they find their vehicles not so strong as they used to be. They desire the strength and the faculties that they once had. It is wise for them to repress that desire, to realize that their bodies have done good work, and if they can no longer do the same amount as of yore, they should do gently and peacefully what they can, but not worry themselves over the change. Presently they will have new bodies; and the way to ensure a good vehicle is to make such use as one can of the old one, but in any case to be serene and calm and unruffled. The only way to do that is to forget self, to let all selfish desires cease, and to turn the thought outward to the helping of others as far as one’s capabilities go.

    C. W. Leadbeater (1846-1934) English clergyman, theosophist, author [Charles Webster Leadbeater]
    The Masters and the Path, ch. 14 (1925)

    More about this quote: wist.info/leadbeater-cw/83663/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #leadbeater #cwleadbeater #theosophy #aging #appreciation #besteffort #capability #decline #desire #disability #gettingold #grief #growingold #helping #henoed #illness #oldage #serenity #weakness

  5. A quotation from C W Leadbeater

    Sometimes people grieve when they find old age coming upon them, when they find their vehicles not so strong as they used to be. They desire the strength and the faculties that they once had. It is wise for them to repress that desire, to realize that their bodies have done good work, and if they can no longer do the same amount as of yore, they should do gently and peacefully what they can, but not worry themselves over the change. Presently they will have new bodies; and the way to ensure a good vehicle is to make such use as one can of the old one, but in any case to be serene and calm and unruffled. The only way to do that is to forget self, to let all selfish desires cease, and to turn the thought outward to the helping of others as far as one’s capabilities go.

    C. W. Leadbeater (1846-1934) English clergyman, theosophist, author [Charles Webster Leadbeater]
    The Masters and the Path, ch. 14 (1925)

    More about this quote: wist.info/leadbeater-cw/83663/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #leadbeater #cwleadbeater #theosophy #aging #appreciation #besteffort #capability #decline #desire #disability #gettingold #grief #growingold #helping #henoed #illness #oldage #serenity #weakness

  6. A quotation from Douglas Adams

    I’ve come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies:
     
       1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
       2. Anything that’s invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
       3. Anything invented after you’re thirty-five is against the natural order of things.

    Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humourist, screenwriter
    The Salmon of Doubt, Part 2 “The Universe” (2002) [ed. Peter Guzzardi]

    More info about this quote: wist.info/adams-douglas/66399/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #douglasadams #age #aging #gettingold, growingold #henoed #innovation #naturalorder #normalcy #perspective #progress #technology #luddite

  7. A quotation from Douglas Adams

    I’ve come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies:
     
       1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
       2. Anything that’s invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
       3. Anything invented after you’re thirty-five is against the natural order of things.

    Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humourist, screenwriter
    The Salmon of Doubt, Part 2 “The Universe” (2002) [ed. Peter Guzzardi]

    More info about this quote: wist.info/adams-douglas/66399/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #douglasadams #age #aging #gettingold, growingold #henoed #innovation #naturalorder #normalcy #perspective #progress #technology #luddite

  8. A quotation from Douglas Adams

    I’ve come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies:
     
       1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
       2. Anything that’s invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
       3. Anything invented after you’re thirty-five is against the natural order of things.

    Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humourist, screenwriter
    The Salmon of Doubt, Part 2 “The Universe” (2002) [ed. Peter Guzzardi]

    More info about this quote: wist.info/adams-douglas/66399/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #douglasadams #age #aging #gettingold, growingold #henoed #innovation #naturalorder #normalcy #perspective #progress #technology #luddite

  9. A quotation from Douglas Adams

    I’ve come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies:
     
       1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
       2. Anything that’s invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
       3. Anything invented after you’re thirty-five is against the natural order of things.

    Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humourist, screenwriter
    The Salmon of Doubt, Part 2 “The Universe” (2002) [ed. Peter Guzzardi]

    More info about this quote: wist.info/adams-douglas/66399/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #douglasadams #age #aging #gettingold, growingold #henoed #innovation #naturalorder #normalcy #perspective #progress #technology #luddite

  10. A quotation from Douglas Adams

    I’ve come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies:
     
       1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
       2. Anything that’s invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
       3. Anything invented after you’re thirty-five is against the natural order of things.

    Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humourist, screenwriter
    The Salmon of Doubt, Part 2 “The Universe” (2002) [ed. Peter Guzzardi]

    More info about this quote: wist.info/adams-douglas/66399/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #douglasadams #age #aging #gettingold, growingold #henoed #innovation #naturalorder #normalcy #perspective #progress #technology #luddite

  11. A quotation from Golda Meir

    Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you’re aboard, there’s nothing you can do. You can’t stop the plane, you can’t stop the storm, you can’t stop time. So one might as well accept it calmly, wisely.

    Golda Meir (1898-1978) Russian-American-Israeli politician, teacher; Prime Minister of Israel (1969-1974)
    Interview (1972-11) by Oriana Fallaci, Ms. (1973-04)

    Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/meir-golda/77084/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #goldameir #acceptance #calm #gettingold #aging #growingold #henoed #inevitability #oldage

  12. A quotation from Golda Meir

    Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you’re aboard, there’s nothing you can do. You can’t stop the plane, you can’t stop the storm, you can’t stop time. So one might as well accept it calmly, wisely.

    Golda Meir (1898-1978) Russian-American-Israeli politician, teacher; Prime Minister of Israel (1969-1974)
    Interview (1972-11) by Oriana Fallaci, Ms. (1973-04)

    Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/meir-golda/77084/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #goldameir #acceptance #calm #gettingold #aging #growingold #henoed #inevitability #oldage

  13. A quotation from Golda Meir

    Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you’re aboard, there’s nothing you can do. You can’t stop the plane, you can’t stop the storm, you can’t stop time. So one might as well accept it calmly, wisely.

    Golda Meir (1898-1978) Russian-American-Israeli politician, teacher; Prime Minister of Israel (1969-1974)
    Interview (1972-11) by Oriana Fallaci, Ms. (1973-04)

    Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/meir-golda/77084/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #goldameir #acceptance #calm #gettingold #aging #growingold #henoed #inevitability #oldage

  14. A quotation from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

    Old age is like an opium-dream. Nothing seems real except what is unreal.

    Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894) American poet, essayist, scholar
    Article (1890-01), “Over the Teacups,” No. 2, Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 65

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/holmes-sr-oliver-wen…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #aging #delusion #dementia #henoed #oldage #reality #unreality

  15. A quotation from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

    Old age is like an opium-dream. Nothing seems real except what is unreal.

    Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894) American poet, essayist, scholar
    Article (1890-01), “Over the Teacups,” No. 2, Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 65

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/holmes-sr-oliver-wen…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #aging #delusion #dementia #henoed #oldage #reality #unreality

  16. A quotation from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

    Old age is like an opium-dream. Nothing seems real except what is unreal.

    Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894) American poet, essayist, scholar
    Article (1890-01), “Over the Teacups,” No. 2, Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 65

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/holmes-sr-oliver-wen…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #aging #delusion #dementia #henoed #oldage #reality #unreality

  17. A quotation from Bob Hope

    It feels great to be 95. I mean, for those parts of me that still have feeling.

    Bob Hope (1903-2003) American comedian, actor, humanitarian (b. Leslie Townes Hope)
    “95 Years of Hope,” press kit, joke sheet (1998)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/hope-bob/76820/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #age #aging #decrepitude #feeling #gettingold #growingold #henoed

  18. A quotation from Bob Hope

    It feels great to be 95. I mean, for those parts of me that still have feeling.

    Bob Hope (1903-2003) American comedian, actor, humanitarian (b. Leslie Townes Hope)
    “95 Years of Hope,” press kit, joke sheet (1998)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/hope-bob/76820/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #age #aging #decrepitude #feeling #gettingold #growingold #henoed

  19. A quotation from Bob Hope

    It feels great to be 95. I mean, for those parts of me that still have feeling.

    Bob Hope (1903-2003) American comedian, actor, humanitarian (b. Leslie Townes Hope)
    “95 Years of Hope,” press kit, joke sheet (1998)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/hope-bob/76820/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #age #aging #decrepitude #feeling #gettingold #growingold #henoed

  20. A quotation from Muriel Spark

    Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield.

    Muriel Spark (1918–2006) Scottish writer, poet, essayist
    Memento Mori, ch. 4 [Miss Jean Taylor] (1959)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/spark-muriel/76498/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #death #dying #friends #henoed ?#mortality #oldage #passingaway #seventy

  21. A quotation from Muriel Spark

    Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield.

    Muriel Spark (1918–2006) Scottish writer, poet, essayist
    Memento Mori, ch. 4 [Miss Jean Taylor] (1959)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/spark-muriel/76498/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #death #dying #friends #henoed ?#mortality #oldage #passingaway #seventy

  22. A quotation from Muriel Spark

    Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield.

    Muriel Spark (1918–2006) Scottish writer, poet, essayist
    Memento Mori, ch. 4 [Miss Jean Taylor] (1959)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/spark-muriel/76498/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #death #dying #friends #henoed ?#mortality #oldage #passingaway #seventy

  23. A quotation from Ella Wheeler Wilcox

    Let mine not be the saddest fate of all,
       To live beyond my greater self; to see
       My faculties decaying, as the tree
    Stands stark and helpless while its green leaves fall.
       Let me hear rather the imperious call,
       Which all men dread, in my glad morning time,
    And follow death ere I have reached my prime,
    Or drunk the strengthening cordial of life’s gall.
    The lightning’s stroke or the fierce tempest blast
       Which fells the green tree to the earth to-day
    Is kinder than the calm that lets it last,
       Unhappy witness of its own decay.
       May no man ever look on me and say,
    “She lives, but all her usefulness is past.”

    Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919) American author, poet, temperance advocate, spiritualist
    Poem (1882), “Uselessness,” Maurine and Other Poems (1882 ed.)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/wilcox-ella-wheeler/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #aging #decline #gettingold #growingold #henoed #living #oldage #senescence #usefulness #uselessness #utility

  24. A quotation from Ella Wheeler Wilcox

    Let mine not be the saddest fate of all,
       To live beyond my greater self; to see
       My faculties decaying, as the tree
    Stands stark and helpless while its green leaves fall.
       Let me hear rather the imperious call,
       Which all men dread, in my glad morning time,
    And follow death ere I have reached my prime,
    Or drunk the strengthening cordial of life’s gall.
    The lightning’s stroke or the fierce tempest blast
       Which fells the green tree to the earth to-day
    Is kinder than the calm that lets it last,
       Unhappy witness of its own decay.
       May no man ever look on me and say,
    “She lives, but all her usefulness is past.”

    Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919) American author, poet, temperance advocate, spiritualist
    Poem (1882), “Uselessness,” Maurine and Other Poems (1882 ed.)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/wilcox-ella-wheeler/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #aging #decline #gettingold #growingold #henoed #living #oldage #senescence #usefulness #uselessness #utility

  25. A quotation from Ella Wheeler Wilcox

    Let mine not be the saddest fate of all,
       To live beyond my greater self; to see
       My faculties decaying, as the tree
    Stands stark and helpless while its green leaves fall.
       Let me hear rather the imperious call,
       Which all men dread, in my glad morning time,
    And follow death ere I have reached my prime,
    Or drunk the strengthening cordial of life’s gall.
    The lightning’s stroke or the fierce tempest blast
       Which fells the green tree to the earth to-day
    Is kinder than the calm that lets it last,
       Unhappy witness of its own decay.
       May no man ever look on me and say,
    “She lives, but all her usefulness is past.”

    Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919) American author, poet, temperance advocate, spiritualist
    Poem (1882), “Uselessness,” Maurine and Other Poems (1882 ed.)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/wilcox-ella-wheeler/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #aging #decline #gettingold #growingold #henoed #living #oldage #senescence #usefulness #uselessness #utility

  26. A quotation from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

    Little of all we value here
    Wakes on the morn of its hundredth year
    Without both feeling and looking queer.
    In fact, there’s nothing that keeps its youth,
    So far as I know, but a tree and truth.

    Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894) American poet, essayist, scholar
    Poem (1858-09), “The Deacon’s Masterpiece,” Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 4

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/holmes-sr-oliver-wen…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #age #agelessness #aging #gettingold #growingold #henoed #oldage #tree #truth #youth

  27. A quotation from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

    Little of all we value here
    Wakes on the morn of its hundredth year
    Without both feeling and looking queer.
    In fact, there’s nothing that keeps its youth,
    So far as I know, but a tree and truth.

    Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894) American poet, essayist, scholar
    Poem (1858-09), “The Deacon’s Masterpiece,” Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 4

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/holmes-sr-oliver-wen…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #age #agelessness #aging #gettingold #growingold #henoed #oldage #tree #truth #youth

  28. A quotation from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

    Little of all we value here
    Wakes on the morn of its hundredth year
    Without both feeling and looking queer.
    In fact, there’s nothing that keeps its youth,
    So far as I know, but a tree and truth.

    Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894) American poet, essayist, scholar
    Poem (1858-09), “The Deacon’s Masterpiece,” Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 4

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/holmes-sr-oliver-wen…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #age #agelessness #aging #gettingold #growingold #henoed #oldage #tree #truth #youth

  29. A quotation from Philip Roth

    Old age isn’t a battle; old age is a massacre.

    Philip Roth (1933-2008) American novelist and short-story writer
    Everyman (2006)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/roth-philip/76261/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #philiproth #aging #gettingold #growingold #henoed #oldage

  30. A quotation from Philip Roth

    Old age isn’t a battle; old age is a massacre.

    Philip Roth (1933-2008) American novelist and short-story writer
    Everyman (2006)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/roth-philip/76261/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #philiproth #aging #gettingold #growingold #henoed #oldage

  31. A quotation from Judith Martin

    Although making distinctions based on age does violate the concept of total equality, what could be fairer? With any luck, age happens to everyone. According greater respect to greater age is the system most likely to give everyone a fair turn at high status, not to mention its being a nice little consolation for the loss of supple skin and a memory for names.

    Judith Martin (b. 1938) American author, journalist, etiquette expert [a.k.a. Miss Manners]
    Star-Spangled Manners, ch. 3 (2003)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/martin-judith/75002/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #aging #elderly #henoed #oldage #respect #seniorcitizen #seniority

  32. A quotation from Pratchett

    Because inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened.

    Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
    Moving Pictures (1990)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/pratchett-terry/3011…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #age #gettingold #growingold #henoed #life #lifetime #old #passageoftime #time #terrypratchett

  33. A quotation from Douglas Adams

    I’ve come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies:
     
    1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
     
    2. Anything that’s invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
     
    3. Anything invented after you’re thirty-five is against the natural order of things.

    Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English writer
    The Salmon of Doubt (2002)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/adams-douglas/66399/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #age #aging #excitement #innovation #naturalorder #normalcy #perspective #progress #technology #gettingold #growingold #henoed

  34. A quotation from Douglas Adams

    I’ve come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies:
     
    1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
     
    2. Anything that’s invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
     
    3. Anything invented after you’re thirty-five is against the natural order of things.

    Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English writer
    The Salmon of Doubt (2002)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/adams-douglas/66399/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #age #aging #excitement #innovation #naturalorder #normalcy #perspective #progress #technology #gettingold #growingold #henoed

  35. A quotation from Douglas Adams

    I’ve come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies:
     
    1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
     
    2. Anything that’s invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
     
    3. Anything invented after you’re thirty-five is against the natural order of things.

    Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English writer
    The Salmon of Doubt (2002)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/adams-douglas/66399/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #age #aging #excitement #innovation #naturalorder #normalcy #perspective #progress #technology #gettingold #growingold #henoed

  36. A quotation from Douglas Adams

    I’ve come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies:
     
    1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
     
    2. Anything that’s invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
     
    3. Anything invented after you’re thirty-five is against the natural order of things.

    Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English writer
    The Salmon of Doubt (2002)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/adams-douglas/66399/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #age #aging #excitement #innovation #naturalorder #normalcy #perspective #progress #technology #gettingold #growingold #henoed

  37. A quotation from Douglas Adams

    I’ve come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies:
     
    1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
     
    2. Anything that’s invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
     
    3. Anything invented after you’re thirty-five is against the natural order of things.

    Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English writer
    The Salmon of Doubt (2002)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/adams-douglas/66399/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #age #aging #excitement #innovation #naturalorder #normalcy #perspective #progress #technology #gettingold #growingold #henoed

  38. A quotation from Byron, George Gordon, Lord:

    «
    Years steal
    Fire from the mind as vigor from the limb;
    And life’s enchanted cup but sparkles near the brim.
    »

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  39. A quotation from Byron, George Gordon, Lord:

    «
    Years steal
    Fire from the mind as vigor from the limb;
    And life’s enchanted cup but sparkles near the brim.
    »

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    wist.info/byron/73859/

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  40. A quotation from Byron, George Gordon, Lord:

    «
    Years steal
    Fire from the mind as vigor from the limb;
    And life’s enchanted cup but sparkles near the brim.
    »

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    wist.info/byron/73859/

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  41. A quotation from Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr.:

    «
    The buttonwood throws off its bark in large flakes, which one may find lying at its foot, pushed out, and at last pushed off, by that tranquil movement from beneath, which is too slow to be seen, but too powerful to be arrested. One finds them always, but one rarely sees them fall. So it is our youth drops from us, — sca…
    »

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    wist.info/holmes-sr-oliver-wen

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  42. A quotation from Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr.:

    «
    The buttonwood throws off its bark in large flakes, which one may find lying at its foot, pushed out, and at last pushed off, by that tranquil movement from beneath, which is too slow to be seen, but too powerful to be arrested. One finds them always, but one rarely sees them fall. So it is our youth drops from us, — sca…
    »

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    wist.info/holmes-sr-oliver-wen

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  43. A quotation from Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr.:

    «
    The buttonwood throws off its bark in large flakes, which one may find lying at its foot, pushed out, and at last pushed off, by that tranquil movement from beneath, which is too slow to be seen, but too powerful to be arrested. One finds them always, but one rarely sees them fall. So it is our youth drops from us, — sca…
    »

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    wist.info/holmes-sr-oliver-wen

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  44. A quotation from Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr.:

    «
    Don’t ever think the poetry is dead in an old man because his forehead is wrinkled, or that his manhood has left him when his hand trembles! If they ever were there, they are there still!
    »

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    wist.info/holmes-sr-oliver-wen

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  45. A quotation from Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr.:

    «
    Don’t ever think the poetry is dead in an old man because his forehead is wrinkled, or that his manhood has left him when his hand trembles! If they ever were there, they are there still!
    »

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    wist.info/holmes-sr-oliver-wen

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  46. A quotation from Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr.:

    «
    Don’t ever think the poetry is dead in an old man because his forehead is wrinkled, or that his manhood has left him when his hand trembles! If they ever were there, they are there still!
    »

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    wist.info/holmes-sr-oliver-wen

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  47. A quotation from Saxe, John Godfrey:

    «
    I’m growing fonder of my staff;
    I’m growing dimmer in the eyes;
    I’m growing fainter in my laugh;
    I’m growing deeper in my sighs;
    I’m growing careless of my dress;
    I’m growing frugal of my gold;
    I’m growing wise; I’m growing, — yes, —
    I’m growing old!
    »

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    wist.info/saxe-john-godfrey/72

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  48. A quotation from Saxe, John Godfrey:

    «
    I’m growing fonder of my staff;
    I’m growing dimmer in the eyes;
    I’m growing fainter in my laugh;
    I’m growing deeper in my sighs;
    I’m growing careless of my dress;
    I’m growing frugal of my gold;
    I’m growing wise; I’m growing, — yes, —
    I’m growing old!
    »

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    wist.info/saxe-john-godfrey/72

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  49. A quotation from Saxe, John Godfrey:

    «
    I’m growing fonder of my staff;
    I’m growing dimmer in the eyes;
    I’m growing fainter in my laugh;
    I’m growing deeper in my sighs;
    I’m growing careless of my dress;
    I’m growing frugal of my gold;
    I’m growing wise; I’m growing, — yes, —
    I’m growing old!
    »

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    wist.info/saxe-john-godfrey/72

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