Quotes Tagged "elderly"

THE FOUR HEAVENLY FOUNTAINS Laugh, I tell you And you will turn back The hands of time. Smile, I tell you And you will reflect The face of the divine. Sing, I tell you And all the angels will sing with you! Cry, I tell you And the reflections found in your pool of tears - Will remind you of the lessons of today and yesterday To guide you through the fears of tomorrow.

The young and the elderly possess assets the other need. Youths have vitality and the aged have wisdom. The aged claim being young at heart while the young claim having old head on young shoulders.

I asked him if it were a mirage, and he said yes. I said it was a dream, and he agreed, But said it was the desert's dream not his. And he told me that in a year or so, when he had aged enough for any man, then he would walk into the wind, until he saw the tents. This time, he said, he would go on with them.

We still need the old to tell the young that in time they will learn.

It never ceased to amaze me how she just had the facts always, in her head. It occured to me that if, or when, she died, a whole load of facts, a body of knowledge, might disappear without a trace.

We must learn as long as we live.

The way the elderly are treated, and in some cases warehoused and medicated, rather than nurtured and listened to, is distressing.

IoT could also mean seamless critical and elderly care.