"My mom taught us the Serenity Prayer at a young age"

"The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions"

"Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action"

"Neurotics complain of their illness, but they make the most of it, and when it comes to talking it away from them they will defend it like a lioness her young"

"Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile"

"Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth"

"No worse fate can befall a young man or woman than becoming prematurely entrenched in prudence and negation"

"Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and wrapped myself in mystery, devoting my time to fasting and prayer"

"In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience"

"I believe in prayer and in strong belief"

"I shall not die young, for I am already near seventy: I may die old"