“The boomers will eventually have to accept that it is not possible to stay forever young or to stop aging. But it is possible, by committing to show up for others in community after community, to earn a measure of immortality.”

“When I go hiking and I get over the hill, that means I am past the hard part and there is a snack in my future. That’s a good thing as far as I am concerned.”

“It is strange that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.”

“Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.”

“Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope as old as you despair.”

“I really feel better about aging at the age of 86 than I did at 70.”