青春是一种心态（克林顿）
青春，不是人生的一个时期．而是一种心态。青春的本质，不是粉面桃腮，不是朱唇红颜，也不是灵活的关节，而是坚定的意志，丰富的想象，饱满的情绪，也是荡漾在生命甘泉中的一丝清凉。青春的内涵，是战胜怯懦的勇气，是敢于冒险的精神，而不是好逸恶劳。许多六旬之人，反比廿岁的人更具如此品质。年岁虽增，但并不衰老；衰老的成因，是放弃了对理想的追求！岁月褶皱肌肤，暮气却能褶皱灵魂。烦恼、恐惧、乃至自疑，均可摧垮精神，伤害元气！人人心中皆有一台天线，只要你从天上人间接收美好、希望、欢乐、勇气和力量的信号，你就青春永驻，风华常存。一旦天线垮塌，精神便会遭到愤世嫉俗的寒风摧残和悲观的冰霜压迫，此时，即使 20 岁的人，也会觉得老了，然而，只要高竖天线，不断接收乐观向上的电波，那么，即使年过 80 岁，也会觉得年轻。
Youth is not a time of Iife ; it 15 a state of mind . lt 15 not a matter of rosy cheeks . red lips and supple knees . lt 15 a matter of the will , a quality of the imagination , vigor of the emotions : It 15 the freshness of the deep spring of Iife . Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity , of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease . This often exits in a man of 60 , more than a boy of 20 . nobody grows merely by the number of years ; we grow old by deserting our ideas . Years may wrinkle the skin , but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul . Worry , fear , self 一 distrustl bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust . Whether 60 or 16 , there 15 in every human being ' 5 heart the lure of wonders , the unfailing childlike appetite of what ' 5 next and the ioy of the game of living . In the center of your heart and my heart there 15 a wireless station : 50 long as it receives messages of beauty , hope , cheer , courage and power from men and from infinite , 50 long as you are young . When the aerials are down , and your spirit 15 covered with the snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism , then you ' ve grown old , even at 20 , but as long as your aerials are up , to catch waves of optimism , there ' 5 hope you may die young at 80 .
