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1、YouthYouthisnotatimeoflife;itisastateofmind;itisnotamatterofrosycheeks,redlipsandsuppleknees;itisamatterofthewill,aqualityoftheimagination,avigoroftheemotions;itisthefreshnessofthedeepspringsoflife.Youthmeansatemperamentalpredominanceofcourageovertimidity,oftheappet
2、iteforadventureovertheloveofease.Thisoftenexistsinamanof60morethanaboyof20.Nobodygrowsoldmerelybyanumberofyears.Wegrowoldbydesertingourideals.Yearsmaywrinkletheskin,buttogiveupenthusiasmwrinklesthesoul.Worry,fear,self-distrustbowstheheartandturnsthespiritbacktodust.
3、Whether60or16,thereisineveryhumanbeing'sheartthelureofwonders,theunfailingappetiteforwhat'snextandthejoyofthegameofliving.Inthecenterofyourheartandmyheart,thereisawirelessstation;solongasitreceivesmessagesofbeauty,hope,courageandpowerfrommanandfromtheinfinite,solong
4、asyouareyoung.Whenyouraerialsaredown,andyourspiritiscoveredwithsnowsofcynicismandtheiceofpessimism,thenyou'vegrownold,evenat20;butaslongasyouraerialsareup,tocatchwavesofoptimism,there'shopeyoumaydieyoungat80.青春不是年華，而是心境；青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝，而是深沉的意志、宏偉的想象、熾熱的感情；青春是生命的深泉在涌流?！?/p>
5、 青春氣貫長(zhǎng)虹，勇銳蓋過(guò)怯弱，進(jìn)去壓倒茍安，如此銳氣，二十后生有之，六旬男子則更多見(jiàn)。年年有加，并非垂老；理想丟棄，方墮暮年?！ q月悠悠，衰微只及肌膚；熱忱拋卻，頹唐必至靈魂。煩憂、惶恐、喪失自信，定使心靈扭曲，意氣如灰?！ o(wú)論年屆花甲，抑或二八芳齡，心中皆有生命之歡樂(lè)，奇跡之誘惑，孩童般天真久盛不衰。人人心中皆有一臺(tái)天線，只要你從天上人間接受美好、希望、歡樂(lè)、勇氣和力量的信號(hào)，你就青春永駐，風(fēng)華常存?！ ∫坏┨炀€倒塌，銳氣被冰雪覆蓋，玩世不恭、自暴自棄油然而生，幾十年方二十，實(shí)已垂老矣；然則只要豎起天線，捕捉樂(lè)觀的信號(hào)，
6、你就有望在八十高齡告別塵寰時(shí)仍覺(jué)得年輕。ThreeDaystooseeAllofushavereadthrillingstoriesinwhichtheherohadonlyalimitedandspecifiedtimetolive.Sometimesitwasaslongasayear,sometimesasshortas24hours.Butalwayswewereinterestedindiscoveringjusthowthedoomedherochosetospendhislastdaysorhislasthour
7、s.Ispeak,ofcourse,offreemenwhohaveachoice,notcondemnedcriminalswhosesphereofactivitiesisstrictlydelimited. Suchstoriessetusthinking,wonderingwhatweshoulddoundersimilarcircumstances.Whatevents,whatexperiences,whatassociationsshouldwecrowdintothoselasthoursasmortalbe
8、ings?Whathappinessshouldwefindinreviewingthepast,whatregrets? SometimesIhavethoughtitwouldbeanexcellentruletoliveeachdayasifweshoulddie
