philosophy Quotes
Daily selection of quotes about philosophy.
“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.”
- Mark Twain
“Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.”
- Samuel Ullman
“None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.”
- Henry David Thoreau
“Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.”
- Albert Camus
“I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.”
- Francis Bacon
“I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates.”
- T. S. Eliot
“Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.”
- Don Marquis
“Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.”
- Stanislaw Lec
“You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, and the children you have earned.”
- Judith Viorst
“I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel.”
- Henri Frederic Amiel