Old Age

In-breathing and out-breathing. Do I prepare for thee, death in old age, long life, and prosperity. All the messengers of Yama, that roam about, dispatched by Vivasvant's son, do i drive away. Atharva Veda 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 Old age is like climbing a mountain. You climb from ledge to ledge. The higher you get, the more tired and breathless you become but your views become more extensive. Ingrid Bergman Father Time is not always a hard parent, and, though he tarries for none of his children, often lays his hand lightly upon those who have used him well; making them old men and women inexorably enough, but leaving their hearts and spirits young and in full vigour. With such people the grey head is but the impression of the old fellow's hand in giving them his blessing, and every wrinkle but a notch in the quiet lendar of a well-spent life. Charles Dickens