C. S. Lewis Quotes

I suppose it is a gift, being young, but it isn't special. We've all got it, early in life.

Why is youth so short and age so long?

Youth is immortal; Tis the elderly only grow old!

Youth is the only thing worth having.

He was one of those men who, as in youth they are never very young, so in age are they never very old.

If you look in the eyes of the young, you see flame. If you look in the eyes of the old, you see light.

Only to youth will spring be spring.

Too bad that youth is wasted on the young.

It is a pity that, as one gradually gains experience, one loses one's youth.

To be young is surely the best, if the most precarious, gift of life.

What surprises me about getting older is that I remain so young.

Youth is not restored by the dyeing of your hair.

Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth.

In youth all doors open outward; in old age all open inward.

The only reason for being young is to outgrow it.

Youth is still where you left it, and that's where it should stay. Anything that was worth taking on life's journey, you'll already have taken with you.

The difference between the child and the man lies chiefly in the unlimited confidence and buoyancy of youth.

Getting old is horrible, but it is interesting . . . one of the things I've realized is that growing old is compulsory, but growing up is optional.

Youth is about the only thing worth having, and that is about the only thing youth has.

Youth is a malady of which one becomes cured a little every day.

Youth, even in its sorrows, always has a brilliancy of its own.

Youth is a question of energy.

To be young was very heaven!

To be young is the only religion.

Growing old is compulsory - growing up is optional.