Youth
Youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind ; it is not rosy cheeks , red lips and supple knees, it is a matter of the emotions ; it is the freshness ; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life .
Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity of the appetite , for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of 60 more than a boy of 20 . Nobody grows old merely by a number of years . We grow old by deserting our ideals.
Years wrinkle the skin , but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul . Worry , fear , self –distrust bows the heartand turns the spirit back to dust .
Whether 60 of 16 , there is in every human being ‘s heart the lure of wonders, the unfailing childlike appetite of what’s next and the joy of the game of living . In the center of your heartand my heart there’s a wireless station : so long as it receives messages of beauty , hope ,cheer, courage and power from men and from the infinite, so long as you are young . Q !;syJBb.
When the aerials are down , and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you are grown old ,even at 20 , but as long as your aerials are up ,to catch waves of optimism , there is hope you may die young at 80.

年轻是一种心态
年轻无涉时间而关乎心态。年轻不是指玫瑰般的脸颊、红润的嘴唇、柔然的膝盖。它是一种愿望、一种超强的想象和充沛的情绪，它是充满活力的生命深泉。
年轻是一种超越胆怯的充满兴奋的卓越勇气，它对冒险的渴望超过了平缓之爱。年轻更多地留在60岁的身上而不是20岁的躯体。没有人仅仅通过年岁来长大，当我们放弃了思考就开始变老。年岁可能弄皱我们的皮肤，但放弃热情则会弄皱我们的灵魂。恐惧、自我不信任扭曲了心灵并使精神复归尘土。
无论是60岁还是16岁，我们都充满着好奇心，像孩子般经久不息地对下一刻的憧憬以及对快乐生活的渴望。在你我的心中都存在着一个无线电站；只要它能够从人类和宇宙中接受到美丽、希望、欢乐、勇气、力量的信号，你就将永远年轻。
当天线低垂，你的精神覆盖着愤世嫉俗的积雪和悲观主义的冰块，你就已经老了，即使你才20岁。但是只要你的天线高耸，去追逐乐观主义的波段，即使你在80岁死去也将年轻。