“Who can know the heart of youth but youth itself?”

“If youth did not matter so much to itself, it would never have the heart to go on.”

“Educationalists who think they can understand the young are enthusiasts. Youth does not want to be understood; it wants only to be let alone. It preserves itself immune against the insidious bacillus of being understood. The grown-up who would approach it too importunately is as ridiculous in its eyes as if he had put on children's clothes. We may feel with our youth, but youth does not feel with us. That is its salvation.”

“Youth is the future smiling at a stranger, which is itself.”

“In general confusion youth recognizes itself and rejoices.”

“There is so much adventure that only a youth can experience. Youth is not the time to languish in pleasure - youth is the time for exploration and adventure”