"I've been a rock star since you were very young. But I've never encountered anything as powerful as cancer"

"It is only when they go wrong that machines remind you how powerful they are"

"The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions"

"Neurotics complain of their illness, but they make the most of it, and when it comes to talking it away from them they will defend it like a lioness her young"

"Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile"

"Powerful indeed is the empire of habit"

"Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth"

"No worse fate can befall a young man or woman than becoming prematurely entrenched in prudence and negation"

"The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace"

"In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience"

"I shall not die young, for I am already near seventy: I may die old"