To stay young requires the unceasing ability to unlearn old falsehoods. The secret of eternal youth is arrested development. Our memories become our dreams. Edward Hoagland, Harper's, January, 1991. I promise to keep on living as though I expected to live forever.
Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years.
People grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul. Douglas MacArthur, New York Times, June 8, 1984. Age has extremely little to do with anything that matters. Age is no barrier.