The child race is fresh, eager, interested, innocent, imaginative, healthy and full of faith, where the adult race, more often than not, is stale, spiritually debauched, unimaginative, unhealthy, and without faith.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Children are fresh, imaginative, and faithful, while adults often become stale and unhealthy.
- In plain terms
- Kids are vibrant; adults can become jaded.
- What can you take from it?
- Maintain childlike curiosity.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How can adults keep childlike wonder?
- What causes the loss of innocence?
Another view
Adults can retain vitality; the statement is a generalization.
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