It were a real increase of human happiness could all young men from the age of nineteen be covered under barrels or rendered otherwise invisible and there left to follow their lawful studies and callings till they emerged sadder and wiser at the age of twenty-five.

In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues and politics itself is a mass of lies evasions folly hatred and schizophrenia.

Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.

There is an anti-aging possibility but it has to come from within.

There's no such thing as old age there is only sorrow.

Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard there's nothing you can do.

There is always some specific moment when we become aware that our youth is gone but years after we know it was much later.

There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind your talents the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source you will truly have defeated age.

When grace is joined with wrinkles it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age.