“Remember,
you cannot be both
young and wise.
Young people
who pretend
to be wise
to the ways of the world
are mostly just cynics.
Cynicism
masquerades as wisdom,
but it is the farthest thing
from it.
Because
cynics
don’t learn anything.
Because cynicism
is a self-imposed
blindness,
a rejection of the world
because we are afraid
it will hurt
us
or disappoint us.
Cynics always say no.
But saying “yes”
begins
things.
Saying “yes”
is how things grow.
Saying “yes”
leads to
knowledge.
“Yes”
is for young people.
So for as long
as you have the
strength to,
say “yes'.”
- Stephen Colbert
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