#row

We must not only cease our present desire for the growth of the state, but we must desire its decrease, its weakening. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#decrease #desire #growth #must #only

The more candles on my cake means I get a little more exercise in blowing them out. ↗

— Donna Lynn Hope

#aging-gracefully #growing-old #age

Intrinsic values and qualities are age-free. For example, social competencies or a good heart. ↗

— Rossana Condoleo

#etiquette #giving-advice #good-manners #life-coaching #life-experience

When someone says they feel old, I always want to ask them why they feel old. Time passes for everyone. No one is exempt. ↗

— Donna Lynn Hope

#growing-old #old #age

Don't forget to speak scornfully of the Victorian Age; there will be time for meekness when you try to better it. Very soon you will be Victorian or that sort of thing yourselves; next session probably, when the freshman come up. ↗

— J.M. Barrie

#literature #victorian-era #age

It's easy to grow old if you haven't grown up ↗

— John Hively

#growing-old #growing-up #inspirational #age

When I was twenty-something, I asked my father, “When did you start feeling like a grownup?” His response: “Never. ↗

— Shannon Celebi

#father #fathers #fathers-and-daughters #growing-up #life

The land of easy mathematics where he who works adds up and he who retires subtracts. ↗

— Núria Añó

#ageing #aging #aging-gracefully #economy #getting-older

And then I know I'm being a man, not just some kid who's upset and wants it his way. ↗

— Angela Johnson

#coming-of-age #growing-up #age

A new civil rights movement cannot be organized around the relics of the earlier system of control if it is to address meaningfully the racial realities of our time. Any racial justice movement, to be successful, must vigorously challenge the public consensus that underlies the prevailing system of control. Nooses, racial slurs, and overt bigotry are widely condemned by people across the political spectrum; they are understood to be remnants of the past, no longer reflective of the prevailing public consensus about race. Challenging these forms of racism is certainly necessary, as we must always remain vigilant, but it will do little to shake the foundations of the current system of control. The new caste system, unlike its predecessors, is officially colorblind. We must deal with it on its own terms. ↗

— Michelle Alexander

#injustice #jim-crow #racism #age