“The young people think the old people are fools -- but the old people know the young people are fools.”
“Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools.”
“Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art. ”
“To say "He was a young fool, and now he's an old fool" is to make a distinction without a difference.”
“The Canarsie People said the knowing belongs to the old and wise, but the unfolding is in the keeping of the young. The old prevent the young from straying off the path of wisdom. The young yearn after the path of dreams. Between the two there is truth.”
“When young people grow up....they shine so much that old people want to avert their gaze.”