The best age is the age you are.

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.

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.

Everyone has the spark of greatness

If you want to succeed, you've got to be okay to just lose control.

Move from the known to the unknown.

San Francisco has just blown us all away. I also understand Angels in America didn't do well there.

In my food world, there is no fear or guilt, only joy and balance.

Poetry implies the whole truth. Philosophy expresses a particle of it.

Everybody has some information. The function of the markets is to aggregate that information, evaluate it and get it incorporated into prices.

I don't do a lot of top-down teaching.

Enlightenment is a direct experience with reality.

My awkward stage extended well into high school.