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

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

“The other day a man asked me what I thought was the best time of my life. ‘Why,” I answered without a thought, ‘now.’”

I Worried: I worried a lot. Will the garden grow, will the rivers flow in the right direction, will the earth turn as it was taught, and if not how shall I correct it? Was I right, was I wrong, will I be forgiven, can I do better? Will I…

“I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I have just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.”

“We imagine things- that we wouldn’t be able to survive, but in fact, we do survive. We have no choice, so we do it.”