Walking is the only way proven to stave off cognitive decline - it works.

Serve yourself, put the food away, then eat.

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

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.

You rarely get satisfaction sitting in an easy chair. If you work in a garden on the other hand, and it yields beautiful tomatoes, that's a good feeling.

The brutal reality about aging is that it has only an accelerator pedal. We have yet to discover whether a brake exists for people.

A doctor may know more than a peasant, but a peasant and a doctor know more together.