So learning to play a new instrument, learning a new language - those sorts of things will pay dividends for years or decades to come.

Have fun, be active. Ride a bike instead of driving, for example.

Singapore is the happiest place in Asia

Eat your vegetables, have a positive outlook, be kind to people, and smile.

The people you surround yourself with influence your behaviors, so choose friends who have healthy habits.

The longest-lived people eat a plant-based diet. They eat meat but only as a condiment or a celebration. Nothing they eat has a plastic wrapper.

Gratitude always comes into play; research shows that people are happier if they are grateful for the positive things in their lives, rather than worrying about what might be missing.

A long healthy life is no accident. It begins with good genes, but it also depends on good habits.

Diet and supplements and exercise programs aren't what is achieving longevity. Having a faith-based community can add four to 14 years.

Drink without getting drunk Love without suffering jealousy Eat without overindulging Never argue And once in a while, with great discretion, misbehave

The more things for which you develop a fondness the richer the life you live.

Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.

The absolute value of being neutral is zero.

The only thing that really matters is to be. Man is

there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.

Translation presents not merely a paradigm but the utmost case of engaged literary interpretation

Emotion without reason lets people walk all over you; reason without emotion is a mask for cruelty.

It is for all Men that come into the World once to Die, and after Death the Judgment; and since Death is a Debt that all of us must pay, it is but a matter of small moment what way it be done.

I first start with weep with those who weep, rejoice with those who rejoice, be sympathetic, show tenderness and brotherly kindness.

In fact, my New Year's resolution every year, and I'm Jewish so I get two New Years a year, is to meditate, and I fail every time.

I don't need the perfect one, I just need somebody who will make me feel like I'm the only one.