Minds ripen at very different ages.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The prehistorical and primitive period represents the true infancy of the mind.
There is something mysteriously powerful that can happen when young, inchoate minds come into contact with older and more worldly ones in a spirit of intellectual and creative endeavour - if I believed in progress, I suppose that's what I'd call it.
The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.
The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away; than what it leaves behind.
It is inevitable that many ideas of the young mind will later have to give way to the hard realities of life.
Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.
A mind grows by what it feeds on.
Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
Intelligence flourishes only in the ages when belief withers.
The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.