{"quotes":[{"text":"...The Master and the boy followed each other as if drawn along the wires of some mechanism, until soon it could no longer be discerned which was coming and which going, which following and which leading, the old or the young man. Now it seemed to be the young man who showed honour and obedience to the old man, to authority and dignity; now again it was apparently the old man who was required to follow, serve, worship the figure of youth, of beginning, of mirth. And as he watched this at once senseless and significant dream circle, the dreamer felt alternately identical with the old man and the boy, now revering and now revered, now leading, now obeying; and in the course of these pendulum shifts there came a moment in which he was both, was simultaneously Master and small pupil; or rather he stood above both, was the instigator, conceiver, operator, and onlooker of the cycle, this futile spinning race between age and youth.","author":"Hermann Hesse","tags":["age","cyclicality","stages-of-life","the-transcendental-subject","transcendence","youth"],"id":3702,"author_id":"Hermann+Hesse"},{"text":"Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["adage","adages","adolescent","adolescents","adult","adulthood","adults","africa","african","ancient","aphorism","aphorisms","axiom","axioms","child","children","dead","death","deep","dependence","dependent","develop","developing","development","dictum","dictums","epigram","epigrams","existence","four-stages-of-life","funny","gnome","gnomes","grandparent","grandparents","grow","growing","growth","humor","humorous","humour","immortal","immortality","independence","independent","infant","infants","insightful","life","made-me-think","make-you-think","maxim","maxims","mortal","mortality","newborn","newborns","old","old-age","old-age-home","old-age-homes","phase","phases","philosopher","prepubescent","process","profound","proverb","proverbs","provoke-thought","quotation","quotations","quote","of-the-day","quotes","retire","retired","retiree","retirees","retirement","satire","satirical","satirist","satirists","saying","sayings","senile","senility","south-africa","south-african","stage","stages","stages-of-life","teenage","teenager","teenagers","thought-provoking","thoughtful","young","youth","youths"],"id":6452,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"We are temporarily immortal, until we have fulfilled God's plans for our lives...Then we become temporarily mortal, waiting to become permanently immortal at last.","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["destiny","god-s-plan","god-s-plans","immortal","immortality","life","life-accomplishment","mortal","mortality","our-lives","permanent","plan","purpose","stages-of-life","temporal"],"id":9085,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"No age of life is inglorious. Youth has its merits, but living to a ripe old age is the true statement of value. Aging is the road that we take to discern our character. Fame and fortune can elude us, but character is immortal. We must encounter a sufficient variety of experiences including both failures and accomplishments in order to gain nobility of character.","author":"Kilroy J. Oldster","tags":["aging","aging-gracefully","character","failure-and-success","failure","failures","perseverance","persistence","personal-development","personal-growth","self-determination","self-development","self-discovery","stages-of-life"],"id":15520,"author_id":"Kilroy+J.+Oldster"},{"text":"Idealistic notions that guide a younger person frequently prove unsustainable. Concluding any stage of life demands that a person rebuilds oneself after living destroys our ideological beliefs.","author":"Kilroy J. Oldster","tags":["idealism","idealistic","identity","self-destruction","self-determination","self-determination","self-development","self-discovery","self-improvement","stages-in-life","stages-of-growth","stages-of-life"],"id":17708,"author_id":"Kilroy+J.+Oldster"},{"text":"The less you move on the groundthe more the world moves around.","author":"Ana Claudia Antunes","tags":["change-the-world","change-your-life","changes","changing-the-world","dao","energy","keep-changing","keep-going","keep-learning","keep-moving-forward","keep-trying","keeping-faith","moving-forward","moving-on","moving-on-and-letting-go","physical","physical-activity","physical-health","physics","spiritual","spiritual-growth","spiritual-life","spiritual-wisdom","stages-of-life","stagnant","stagnation","tao","world"],"id":26535,"author_id":"Ana+Claudia+Antunes"},{"text":"Every stage of life is unique.At any age and stage of life there are obstacles and opportunities, trials and triumphs. Never allow the negative bring to you to sudden halt.Make the most of the positive opportunities and stay positive.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["life","life-and-living","life-changing","life-lesson","life-philosophy","life","positive-attitude","positive-mindset","positive-outlook","positive-thoughts","stages-of-life","stay-positive"],"id":72392,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"A person who wants to know everything eventually comes to a stage where his/her curiosity of knowing everything comes to an end and that is the stage of Enlightenment.","author":"Sangita Pareek","tags":["curiosity","emotions","end","enlightenment","god","human","knowledge","love","spiritual-awakening","sprirituality","stage","stages-of-life","wisdom"],"id":83815,"author_id":"Sangita+Pareek"},{"text":"Life is in different stages. Every stage of life is the foundation for the next stage of life.Every stage of live must be fully-lived.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["life","life-and-death","life-and-death-life","life-and-decisions","life-and-learning","life-and-living","life-and-living-life-and-love","life-and-living-life-lessons","life-and-love","life-lessons","life-philosophy","live","live-an-extraordinary-life","live-and-die","live-and-learn","live-and-let-live","live-and-life","live-and-living","live-and-love","live-in-the-moment","live-life-so-well","live-your-best-life","live-your-life","lives","stages-in-life","stages-of-growth","stages-of-life"],"id":91734,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"There are valuable lessons to be learnt in every stage of life.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["inspirational","learning","learning","learning-to-live","learning-to-shine","life-changing","life-lessons","life","live-life","live-your-best-life","shining-star","shining-your-light","stages-of-life"],"id":163485,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":18,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}