My FAVOURITE QUOTE ==>“ ABOUT YOUTH …and HOW TO BECOME OLD ... â€â€œ YOUTH IS NOT A PHASE OF ONE'S LIFE, IT IS A STATE OF MIND. It is impetus of will, vivacity of fantasy, strength of feeling, victory of courage over cowardice, triumph of the adventurous spirit over idleness.Nobody becomes old because they have lived for a certain number of years; one only becomes old when one has given up one's ideas.Over the years, the skin gets wrinkles. However, if one abandons enthusiasm the soul gets wrinkles. Worry, doubt, lack of self-confidence, fear and hopelessness: these are the long years of dejection that shatter the resolute spirit.Whether seventy or seventeen, in everyone's heart reside the longing for the wonderful, the astonished exaltation when looking at the eternal stars and eternal thoughts and things, the fearless daring, the insatiable excitement of the child for what the next day will bring, vivacious joy, and zest for life.You are as young as your confidence, as old as your doubts, you are as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear. You are as young as your hopes, as old as your despondency.You will stay young as long as the messages of beauty, joyousness, boldness, greatness, from the earth and from people and from the infinite reach your heart.You have become truly old only when your spirit flags and your heartfelt feelings are obscured by the snow of pessimism and frozen by the ice of cynicism. “Albert Schweitzer