“The older I grow, the more I listen to people who don't talk much.”
“I speak the truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare; and I dare a little more as I grow older.”
“I like who I am now. Other people may not. I'm comfortable. I feel freer now. I don't want growing older to matter to me.”
“I will listen to a beautiful person much more quickly than a plain person, and I have to learn to be nice to people who are not attractive looking.”
“When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people.”
“The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.”