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    The Last Word

    Words of Wisdom About Aging

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    “We do ourselves and others a disservice when we make old age something to be feared. Life is not a resource to be used up, so that the older we get, the less life we have left. Life is the accumulation of wisdom, love and experience of people encountered and…

    — Harold Kushner, American rabbi and best-selling author who died this past week at the age of 88, best known for his monumental book, When Bad Things Happen To Good People.

    “Your health account, your bank account, they’re the same thing. The more you put in, the more you can take out.”

    — Jack LaLanne, Pioneering American fitness enthusiast, known as the man who started the American fitness revolution.

    “It is surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time.”

    — Barbara Kingsolver, American novelist, essayist, and poet

    “Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.”

    — Winston Churchill, British statesman, soldier, and writer. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955.

    “In our culture, older women are rarely seen or heard. What a shame. We are missing out on the wisdom and experiences of a huge portion of the population.”

    — Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Award-winning American actress, comedian, and producer

    “A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world.”

    — Paul Dudley White, American physician and pioneering cardiologist who was one of the early champions of the concept of preventive medicine.