To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being paralysed by hesitation is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy in our age can do for those who study it.

I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me.

Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age sex color class or religion children must have the opportunity to learn that within each range some people are loathsome and some are delightful.

As human beings our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.

The lovely thing about being forty is that you can appreciate twenty-five-year-old men more.

I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you you should stay home and have a good cry.

One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it's such a nice change from being young.