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Soren Kierkegaard Quote: “Old age realizes the dreams of…”

Old age realizes the dreams of youth: look at Dean Swift; in his youth he built an asylum for the insane, in his old age he was himself an inmate.

October 25, 2021 1813, Danish, May 5, Quotes by Philosophers, Soren Kierkegaard

Judith Butler Quote: “I grew very skeptical of certain…”

I grew very skeptical of certain kind of Jewish separatism in my youth. I mean, I saw the Jewish community was always with each other; they didn’t trust anybody outside. You’d bring someone home, and the first question was, ‘Are they Jewish, are they not Jewish?’

October 11, 2021 1956, American, February 24, Judith Butler, Quotes by Philosophers

Paramahansa Yogananda Quote: “The ideal of an all-sided education…”

The ideal of an all-sided education for youth had always been close to my heart. I saw clearly the arid results of ordinary instruction, aimed only at the development of body and intellect.

October 8, 2021 1893, Indian, January 5, Paramahansa Yogananda, Quotes by Leaders

Marshall McLuhan Quote: “American youth attributes much more importance…”

American youth attributes much more importance to arriving at driver’s license age than at voting age.

September 1, 2021 1911, Canadian, July 21, Marshall McLuhan, Quotes by Sociologists

Linton Kwesi Johnson Quote: “I am often asked why I…”

I am often asked why I started to write poetry. The answer is that my motivation sprang from a visceral need to creatively articulate the experiences of the black youth of my generation, coming of age in a racist society.

August 28, 2021 1952, August 24, Jamaican, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Quotes by Poets

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quote: “Most nations, as well as people…”

Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible as they grow older.

August 22, 2021 1712, French, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, June 28, Quotes by Philosophers

John Dryden Quote: “Reason is a crutch for age…”

Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.

July 31, 2021 1631, August 19, English, John Dryden, Quotes by Poets

Booker T. Washington Quote: “No greater injury can be done…”

No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or that race he will be advanced in life regardless of his own merits or efforts.

July 30, 2021 1856, American, April 5, Booker T. Washington, Quotes by Educators

Noam Chomsky Quote: “As a Zionist youth leader in…”

As a Zionist youth leader in the 1940s, I was among those who called for a binational state in Mandatory Palestine. When a Jewish state was declared, I felt that it should have the rights of other states – no more, no less.

July 30, 2021 1928, American, December 7, Noam Chomsky, Quotes by Activists

Arthur Schopenhauer Quote: “Each day is a little life: …”

Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.

July 23, 2021 1788, Arthur Schopenhauer, February 22, German, Quotes by Philosophers

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