Margaret Deland Quotes

If you are fortunate in life, age and knowledge breed compassion.

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.

I associate wisdom and grace with age.

With age comes a greater understanding and a greater worldview.

To be old is to be part of a huge and ordinary multitude... the reason why old age was venerated in the past was because it was extraordinary.

Everything, everything, everything! I want to know everything. I want the privilege of being a crone.

Old people are often impatient, but for what?

I guess the older I get, the more understanding and forgiving I've become.

A major advantage of age is learning to accept people without passing judgment.

We must learn to understand humanity better so that we can create an environment that is more beneficial to people, more rewarding, more pleasant to experience.

I think as you get older, there are things that there's just no light side to, but you know, I guess the more you empathise with people, the more empathy you have, the less you are able to see the lighter side.

Being seventy is not a sin.

With age, you get to a place where you don't want to knock people out. You just want to give people a hug.

Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.

As I get older, I get smaller. I see other parts of the world I didn't see before. Other points of view. I see outside myself more.

The difference between a 20-something and a 30-something man? Wisdom. At 20 years old, we don't really get how sensitive and beautiful women are. By 30, we're finally starting to learn.

The great thing about getting older is that you become more mellow. Things aren't as black and white, and you become much more tolerant. You can see the good in things much more easily rather than getting enraged as you used to do when you were young.

Aging has a wonderful beauty and we should have respect for that.

There is a certain phase in the life of the aged when the warmth of the heart seems to increase in direct proportion with the years.

The wiser you get, the more experience you have, and the more you see people for who they are as human beings, as opposed to figures you have to fight against.

I don't know whether your heart ever necessarily changes, but time changes the way that you perceive the world. And you just hope it gives you more empathy and all those other things.

As far as my mindset changing, I see myself having more empathy in my older age.

The more life you live, the more you are able to understand the experiences of other people. It's one of the few benefits of getting older.

One needs only to get old to become milder; I don't see anyone make a mistake I hadn't also made.

Please don't judge me too much until you are older and know more things. (Spoken from mother to daughter)