In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's long.

Quote by Pope Paul VI

Topics: Elderly Quotes

No more war! Never again war! If you wish to be brothers, drop your weapons.

No more war! Never again war! If you wish to be brothers, drop your weapons.

Of all human activities, man's listening to God is the supreme act of his reasoning...

Of all human activities, man's listening to God is the supreme act of his reasoning...

Failing to be there when a man wants her is a woman's greatest sin, except...

Failing to be there when a man wants her is a woman's greatest sin, except...

Two conditions render difficult this historic situation of mankind: It is full of tremendously deadly...

Two conditions render difficult this historic situation of mankind: It is full of tremendously deadly...

If you want peace work for justice.

If you want peace work for justice.

Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people.

Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people.

In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the...

In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the...

A dimple on the chin, the devil within.

A dimple on the chin, the devil within.

Every mother is like Moses. She does not enter the promised land. She prepares a...

Every mother is like Moses. She does not enter the promised land. She prepares a...

Are there memories left that are safe from the clutches of phony anniversaries?

Are there memories left that are safe from the clutches of phony anniversaries?

All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and...

All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and...

The work of art, just like any fragment of human life considered in its deepest...

The work of art, just like any fragment of human life considered in its deepest...

Never reach out your hand unless you're willing to extend an arm.

Never reach out your hand unless you're willing to extend an arm.

Liturgy is like a strong tree whose beauty is derived from the continuous renewal of...

Liturgy is like a strong tree whose beauty is derived from the continuous renewal of...

Nothing makes one feel so strong as a call for help.

Nothing makes one feel so strong as a call for help.

No more war! Never again war! If you wish to be brothers, drop your weapons.

No more war! Never again war! If you wish to be brothers, drop your weapons.

Everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.

Everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.

We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter,...

We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter,...

You must strive to multiply bread so that it suffices for the tables of mankind,...

You must strive to multiply bread so that it suffices for the tables of mankind,...

The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune.

The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune.