We can't change anything until we get some fresh ideas, until we begin to see things differently.

I don't think anything changes until ideas change. The usual American viewpoint is to believe that something is wrong with the person.

If you are still being hurt by an event that happened to you at twelve, it is the thought that is hurting you now. -James Hillman.

The elder who is eliminating what time has done to the face, what life has done to the face, is making a statement for others to see: This is the way to be a good old person - it is to defeat this body that is doing things to you. Because you haven't changed. Your body's changing.

I see happiness as a by-product. I don't think you can pursue happiness. I think that phrase is one of the very few mistakes the Founding Fathers made.

The older people that one admires seem to be fearless. They go right out into the world. It's astounding. Maybe they can't see or they can't hear, but they walk out into the street and take life as it comes. They're models of courage, in a strange way.