“Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o’clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.”

“I look forward to growing old and wise and audacious.”

“ And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out into the world, it is better to hold hands and stick together.”

“It’s not a matter of getting over stuff, it’s a matter of living through it. If you can live through the issues that you have been faced with, they become one of your teachers.”

“We do ourselves and others a disservice when we make old age something to be feared. Life is not a resource to be used up, so that the older we get, the less life we have left. Life is the accumulation of wisdom, love and experience of people encountered and…

“Your health account, your bank account, they’re the same thing. The more you put in, the more you can take out.”