Singapore is the happiest place in Asia

Exercise, from a public health perspective, is an unmitigated failure. The world's longest-lived people live in environments that nudge them into more movement. They don't use power tools, they do their own yard work, they grow a garden.

I live on the water. I live in a neighborhood that's consummately connected to my neighbors. I bump into them every day. I can bike to work.

Serve yourself, put the food away, then eat.

You have to know why you get up every morning.

It's hard to reach [the age of] 100. We're not programmed for longevity. We are programmed for something called procreative success.

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.