Aging people should know that their lives are not mounting and unfolding but that an inexorable inner process forces the contraction of life. For a young person it is almost a sin — and certainly a danger — to be too much occupied with himself; but for the aging person it is a duty and a necessity to give serious attention to himself.


p. 125 - Modern Man in Search of a Soul (1933)


Aging people should know that their lives are not mounting and unfolding but that an inexorable inner process forces the contraction of life. For a...

Aging people should know that their lives are not mounting and unfolding but that an inexorable inner process forces the contraction of life. For a...

Aging people should know that their lives are not mounting and unfolding but that an inexorable inner process forces the contraction of life. For a...

Aging people should know that their lives are not mounting and unfolding but that an inexorable inner process forces the contraction of life. For a...