Old age is not a disease - it is strength and survivorship, triumph over all kinds of vicissitudes and disappointments, trials and illnesses.

I enjoy my wrinkles and regard them as badges of distinction - I've worked hard for them!

Old age is an excellent time for outrage.

A healthy community is one in which the elderly protect, care for, love and assist the younger ones to provide continuity and hope.

There are six myths about old age: 1. That it's a disease, a disaster. 2. That we are mindless. 3. That we are sexless. 4. That we are useless. 5. That we are powerless. 6. That we are all alike.

When you least expect it, someone may actually listen to what you have to say.

Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.

Power should not be concentrated in the hands of so few, and powerlessness in the hands of so many.

The best age is the age you are.

Your body changes, but you don't change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion.

Being sixty-five ... became a crossroads. We said, we have nothing to lose, so we can raise hell.

I find joy in life.I enjoy living it.

Nothing they design ever gets in the way of a work of art.

My mother became much older when I came out (ed's note: of detention). She had problems with her hearing and high blood pressure. But they still support me.

Easy to exemplify my true feelings towards him

I'm alright with who I am and I don't feel that I need to be better.

We do not mark out any precise line to be followed in diet; but we do say that in countries where there are fruits, grains, and nuts in abundance, flesh food is not the right food for God's people.

The delights of this life are not its own, but our fear of the ascent into a higher life; the torments of this life are not its own, but our self-torment because of that fear.

If you want to write a book that's very successful and famous, then it's hard. If you just want to get published, all you have to do is convince an editor that your idea will make them money.

At some point I believe one has to stop holding back for fear of alienating some imaginary reader or real relative or friend, and come out with personal truth.

It is important to learn as much as you can about the person and then throw it all away so that you're not in any way doing some sort of mimicry.