 | United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging - 1961 - 700 lapas
...that of youth or the middle years. To young and old, the divine imperative is addressed : "Thou shall love the Lord thy God and thy neighbor as thyself."...unlearn the follies of a lifetime, to see through inbred 122 self-deceptions, to deepen understanding and compassion, to widen the horizon of honesty, to refine... | |
 | 1961 - 1076 lapas
...added measures of spiritual strength by bringing their peculiar experience into play. "May I suggest that man's potential for change and growth is much...stagnation but as the age of opportunities for inner growth ? . . . The goal is not to keep the old man busy but to remind him that every moment is an opportunity... | |
 | Abraham Joshua Heschel - 1975 - 390 lapas
...society; the sense of inner emptiness and boredom; loneliness and the fear of time. / 111 MAY i SUGGEST that man's potential for change and growth is much...but as the age of opportunities for inner growth? The old person must not be treated as a patient, or regard his retirement as a prolonged state of resignation.... | |
 | Roland Bertram Gittelsohn - 1989 - 188 lapas
...who has outlived his usefulness, he feels as if he has to apologize for being alive. May I suggest that man's potential for change and growth is much...but as the age of opportunities for inner growth. The years of old age . . . are indeed formative years, rich in possibilities to unlearn the follies... | |
 | Jeffrey L. Schein, Judith S. Schiller - 2001 - 368 lapas
...who has outlived his usefulness, he feels as if he has to apologize for being alive. May I suggest that man's potential for change and growth is much...but as the age of opportunities for inner growth. The years of old age . . . are indeed formative years, rich in possibilities to unlearn the follies... | |
 | R. Sean Morrison, Diane E. Meier - 2003 - 464 lapas
...its ultimate meaning from society, because society itself is in need of meaning. . . . Old age [must] be regarded not as the age of stagnation but as the age of opportunities for inner growth.5 THE END OF LIFE The courage to face death is another issue, perhaps especially for those without... | |
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May I suggest that man's potential for change and growth is much greater than we are willing to admit and that old age be regarded not as the age of stagnation but as the age of opportunities for inner growth? 