When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret. Now that I am 50 I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness.
C.S. Lewis
Source: If Ignorance Is Bliss, Why Aren't There More Happy People?: Smart Quotes for Dumb Times
There is only one solution if old age is not to be an absurd parody of our former life, and that is to go on pursuing ends that give our existence a meaning - devotion to individuals, to groups or to causes, social, political, intellectual or creative work.