“ Preparation for old age should begin not later than one's teens. A life which is empty of purpose until 65 will not suddenly become filled on retirement. ”
“ The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives. ”
“ Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form. ”
“ Probably the happiest period in life most frequently is in middle age, when the eager passions of youth are cooled, and the infirmities of age not yet begun as we see that the shadows, which are at morning and evening so large, almost entirely disappear at midday. ”
“ Imagination disposes of everything it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this world. ”
“ Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever. ”
“ Beauty is one of the rare things which does not lead to doubt of God. ”
“ Even in the centuries which appear to us to be the most monstrous and foolish, the immortal appetite for beauty has always found satisfaction. ”
“ Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband. ”
“ How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete. ”
“ My father invented a cure for which there was no disease and unfortunately my mother caught it and died of it. ”
“ Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers. ”
“ Beauty is that which is simultaneously attractive and sublime. ”
“ My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale. ”
“ Music, as many people have said, is the universal language. Of course points are made which make you think about things, but ultimately it makes you feel. And that's why people remember more songs that have meant something during their life than films. They start to define periods in your life, and that's kind of the beauty of it. ”
“ I wanted to be a forest ranger or a coal man. At a very early age, I knew I didn't want to do what my dad did, which was work in an office. ”
“ What saddens me is the corruption of youth and beauty, and the loss of soul, which is only replaced by money. ”
“ The lesson of Pearl Harbor ought never to be forgotten, and of course the motto that came from that, 69 years ago, the war which my dad fought, was 'Remember Pearl Harbor, never again.' We need to keep that to mind. ”
“ We Orientals find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and darkness which that thing provides. ”
“ Too little is it considered, while we gaze on aristocratic beauty, how much good food, soft lying, warm wrapping, ease of mind, have to do with the attractions which command our admiration. ”