I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates.
T. S. EliotA good deal of confusion could be avoided, if we refrained from setting before the group, what can be the aim only of the individual; and before society as a whole, what can be the aim only of the group.
T. S. EliotPeople are only influenced in the direction in which they want to go, and influence consists largely in making them conscious of their wishes to proceed in that direction.
T. S. Eliot