Age is not important unless you’re a cheese. Let age, not envy, draw wrinkles on thy cheeks. It is not how old you are, but how you are old. Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.
Does wisdom come with aging?
Wisdom, in her definition, can grow with age, but it doesn’t do so automatically; rather, it grows for those who seek it and invest in nurturing it. “Qualitative evidence suggests that many older adults, particularly in the top 20 percent of wisdom scorers, grew wiser with age by learning from life experiences.
Who said with age comes wisdom?
Oscar Wilde
“With age comes wisdom,” declared Oscar Wilde. “But sometimes age comes alone.” He was right. Scientists have found that growing older is no guarantee of growing wiser, if wisdom is an intuitive knack for grasping how others think and behave.
What is the wisdom of age?
Wisdom of Age is a true account of personal observations and lessons learned about life from children starting out to those who’ve lived it. More than a book, it’s a compendium of wisdom that people age 5 to 103, have chosen to share about growing up, growing old, and the years in between.
What is the saying about growing old?
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. The trick is growing up without growing old. To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.
What the Bible says about age and wisdom?
Wisdom belongs to the aged, and understanding to the old. Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers. Moses was 120 years old when he died, yet his eyesight was clear, and he was as strong as ever. Those who are older should speak, for wisdom comes with age.
What did Oscar Wilde say about age?
“The tragedy of growing old is not that one is old but that one is young.”
