The ultimate indignity is to be given a bedpan by a stranger who calls you by your first name.

Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.

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.

Old age is not a disease - it is strength and survivorship, triumph over all kinds of vicissitudes and disappointments, trials and illnesses.

A healthy community is one in which the elderly protect, care for, love and assist the younger ones to provide continuity and hope.

You can't be human alone.

People who have had power, when they become powerless, are really tragic.... We just allow ourselves to be conditioned by a society so we become as important as we're supposed to be.