“You only need four things in your life at my age: a doctor you can trust, friends you can lean on, a sense of humor, and a good hairdresser.”

“In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a broad subject matter area) who didn’t read all the time—none, zero.” And “If it’s wisdom you are after, you are going to spend a lot of time sitting on your ass and reading.”

 “The fundamental law of human beings is interdependence. A person is a person through other persons.”

“If you’re not getting older, you’re dead.”

“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.”

“Do something nice for somebody that needs it. If you have someone who needs a phone call, make the phone call. If somebody needs a visit, go make that visit.”