Wisdom from the ones that have lived long

SOME PERSONS WHO HAVE LIVED LONG WERE ASKED WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSON LIFE HAS TAUGHT YOU? THESE ARE SOME RESPONSES: "GOD IS RELIABLE BUT UNPREDICTABLE." == "TO TRY TO ACCEPT DEATH AS WELL AS LIFE, REALIZING THEY ARE PARTS OF ONE WHOLE. TO ACCEPT JOYOUSLY THE FACT THAT OUR SPIRITS NEED NEVER GROW OLD!" == "OUR SOCIETY MOVES FROM ONE OBSESSION TO ANOTHER, SOME GOOD, SOME PARTIAL GOOD, AND SOME ABSURD. GOOD CAUSES MERIT SUPPORT, BUT THE WISE PERSON SEEKS A POSITION WHICH TRANSCENDS THE TRANSIENT. == "THE SEEDS OF PEACE ARE BEING SOWN SILENTLY IN THE MIDST OF OUR PRESENT AGONY." == THESE ARE MEANINGFUL THOUGHTS FROM PERSONS WHO HAVE WEATHERED THE STORMS OF LIFE AND COME OUT WITH GREAT REALIZATIONS OF TRUTH.