It Is A Paradox That

The Secret Of A Leader Lies In The Tests He Has Faced Over The Whole Course Of His Life And The Habit Of Action He Develops In Meeting Those Tests.

According To The Prevailing Mythology, To Be Younger Is To Be Better; Therefore, We Should Expect To Find Young People In The Majority Of Those Who Reflect High Well-being... In Fact, The One Finding That Registered More Consistently And Emphatically Than Any Other In The Course Of My Research Was This: Older Is Better.

We Must Be Willing To Change Chairs If We Want To Grow. There Is No Permanent Compatibility Between A Chair And A Person. And There Is No One Right Chair. What Is Right At One Stage May Be Restricting At Another Or Too Soft. During The Passage From One Stage To Another, We Will Be Between Two Chairs. Wobbling No Doubt, But Developing.

Ah, Mastery... What A Profoundly Satisfying Feeling When One Finally Gets On Top Of A New Set Of Skills... And Then Sees The Light Under The New Door Those Skills Can Open, Even As Another Door Is Closing.

The Perceptions Of Middle Age Have Their Own Luminosity.