If we all understood we can learn from both older and younger people, then we'd have a better world.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
As you grow older, you learn to understand life a little better.
As I grow older, the idea takes increasing hold in me that we've misunderstood our own delicacy and diversity as human beings.
In youth we learn; in age we understand.
Obviously, we live in a society where ageing is feared. But, to me, the alternative to getting old isn't that great. I've got friends much older than me and much younger, and I love that. It means you get to teach as well as learn.
The older you get, the more you learn.
You can really learn a lot from young people and the way they view the world.
The old idea that you grow wiser as you get older, and you learn from your elders, is actually completely wrong.
As human beings we value the experience that comes with age. We are reminded over and over again with statements like 'older and wiser' and 'respect your elders,' promoting age as something to be cherished and respected.
With age comes common sense and wisdom.
Stop this attitude that older people ain't any good anymore! We're as good as we ever were - if we ever were any good.