There must be a goal at every stage of life! There must be a goal!

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.

I think a servant of the enemy would look fairer and feel fouler. -Frodo Baggins

Words make known. But we live in the unknown.

So grateful for those who truly love me... they hear everything I don't say.

Through the use of books I had the whole world at my feet: could travel anywhere, meet anyone, and do anything.

We might neglect our future selves because of some failure of belief or imagination.

Vanity, indeed, is the very antidote to conceit; for while the former makes us all nerve to the opinion of others, the latter is perfectly satisfied with its opinion of itself.

Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?

The talent of turning men into ridicule, and exposing to laughter those one converses with, is the qualification of little ungenerous tempers.

Education and admonition commence in the first years of childhood, and last to the very end of life.

The occult powers may be possessed by soul, but if they are not used in the right way it is a loss rather than a gain.