“The tragedy of being old is you can no longer apply what has taken you so long to learn.”

“The tragedy of being old is you can no longer apply whats taken you so long to learn (Kissing The Beehive)”

“What you learn as you get older is that the world is old, and has been old for a long time.”

“But you can only go so long being angry before you learn to hate.”

“As you go through life, you learn many lessons. Unfortunately these lessons only apply to the specific instances in which you learned them. Therefore you can expect to make horrible mistakes no matter how long you live.”

“You have come to realize that you must leave it (the old country) and enter the new country, where your Beloved dwells. You know that what helped and guided you in the old country no longer works, but what else do you have to go by? You are being asked to trust that you will find what you need in the new country. That requires the death of what has become so precious to you: influence, success, yes, even affection and praise.”