We don't beat the Reaper by living longer. We beat the Reaper by living well.

If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy?

Whatever news we get about the scans, I’m not going to die when we hear it. I won’t die the next day, or the day after that, or the day after that. So today, right now, well this is a wonderful day. And I want you to know how much I’m enjoying it.” I thought about that, and about Jai’s smile. I knew then. That’s the way the rest of my life would need to be lived.

Time must be explicitly managed, like money.

Do not tell people how to live their lives. Just tell them stories and they will figure out how those stories apply to them.

We don't beat the reaper by living longer, but by living well, and living fully - for the reaper will come for all of us. The question is: what do we do between the time we're born and the time he shows up.

When there’s an elephant in the room introduce him.