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    The Last Word

    Words of Wisdom About Aging

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    “I think if you don’t live in the moment, then you become old.”

    — Arne Glimcher, the 87-year-old art gallery owner reflecting on his 65 years at the helm of one of the largest art galleries in the world, in a recent NY Times profile

    “The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.”

    — Cesare Pavese, a 20th-century Italian poet, novelist, and short story writer

    “We all have the duty to do good.”

    — Pope Francis, Leader of the Catholic Church, who died this week at the age of 88

    “If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago.”

    — E. Joseph Cossman, American entrepreneur, businessman, author, and public speaker

    “I never think of the future- it comes soon enough.”

    — Albert Einstein, Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist

    “Vulnerability is sharable. When you tell another person of your feelings, you make connections and that is the beginning of community.”

    — Jane Seskin, Author, Poet, and Essayist, whose latest book of poetry is Older Wiser Shorter: The Truth and Humor of Life After 65