Ontogenesis of Spirituality and the Worldview Function of Culture Maxims

The article examines the issues determining a man’s life course on the stages of youth, maturity and old age, expressed by culture maxims. The culture maxims are represented in proverbs, sayings, aphorisms, winged words and so on, which engraved people’s experiences and universal spiritual values – the factors of personal self-determination and self-affirmation.