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    The Last Word

    Words of Wisdom About Aging

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    “We are all figuring it out as we go. Aging is grad school.”

    — Anne Lamott, American novelist, non-fiction writer, and progressive political activist

    “Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”

    — Mark Twain, acclaimed American humorist, journalist, lecturer, and novelist

    “To do good work one must eat well, be well housed, have one’s fling from time to time…and drink one’s coffee in peace.”

    — Vincent van Gogh, World-renowned 19th-century Dutch Post-Impressionist painter

    “The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.”

    — Friedrich Nietzsche, a 19th-century German philosopher and scholar whose writings on morality, truth, culture, and the meaning of existence have been enormously influential on Western philosophy

    “I don’t think every old person is wise, and I don’t think you automatically get wise when you’re old. You have to want it, You have to pursue it.”

    — Lyn Slater, Ph.D., former social work professor and fashion influencer, writer, and author of the new book, How to Be Old: Lessons in Living Boldly from the Accidental Icon

    “Never give up on something that you can’t go a day without thinking about.”

    — Winston Churchill, British statesman, soldier, and writer. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955