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The most irresistible charm of youth is its bubbling enthusiasm. Youth sees no darkness ahead - no defile that has no outlet - it forgets that there is such a thing as failure in the world and believes that mankind has been waiting all these centuries for him to come and be the liberator of truth and energy and beauty.

Youth is to all the glad season of life; but often only by what it hopes, not by what it attains, or what it escapes.

One of the delights known to age, and beyond the grasp of youth, is that of Not Going.

A huge part of youth is how you behave: I'm always looking for fun and anything that makes me feel alive - that in itself keeps me feeling young.

I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own.

Youth comes but once in a lifetime.

You get to a certain age, and you feel the need to reward yourself just for existing.

Youth is seen as everything. You don't know anything when you're young. It's great being older, just having a more balanced perspective. I wake up and realise that what seemed to be important last year no longer is. I'm increasingly grateful for every day.

Now there is this whole terror about getting old. Today, that fascination with youth is overrated. What's so special about being young? I just say that because I'm old.