Yes is for young people

The only person better than Jon Stewart is his protégé Stephen Colbert.

Recently he gave a Commencement Speech to Knox College in the US and it sounds as wonderful as his White House address that I sent around recently.

Here is a beautiful quote when he went uncharacteristically serious for a while to deliver his closing message to the students:

He closed his speech on an apparently semi-serious note, urging the grads to learn how to say "yes." He noted that saying yes will sometimes get them in trouble or make them look like a fool. But he added: "Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly 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 blinder, 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.

Great words.

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