Dan Buettner

The luster of an experience can actually go up with time. So, learning to play a new instrument, learning a new language - those sorts of things will pay dividends for years or decades to come.

The name of the game is to keep from pushing the accelerator pedal so hard that we speed up the aging process. The average American, however, by living a fast and furious lifestyle, pushes that accelerator too hard and too much.

I think we live in a culture that relentlessly pursues comfort. Ease is related to disease. We shouldn't always be fleeing hardship. Hardship also brings people together. We should welcome it.

Kids in a home with grandparents are healthier.

Walking is the only way proven to stave off cognitive decline - it works.

The newness effect of a new thing wears off in nine months to a year, but financial security can last a lifetime.

I have always followed exactly what interests me and never really worried about the money. And when you think about it, to be able to travel the world... on an expense account and do exactly what interests you, it just doesn't get much better than that.

Centenarians are still living near their children and feel loved and the expectation to love. Instead of being mere recipients of care, they are contributors to the lives of their families. They grow gardens to contribute vegetables, they continue to cook and clean.

Black beans and soy beans are the cornerstones of longevity diets around the world.

The brutal reality about aging is that it has only an accelerator pedal. We have yet to discover whether a brake exists for people.

I know exactly what my values are and what I love to do. That's worth additional years right there. I say no to a lot of stuff that would be easy money but deviates from my meaning of life.

A long healthy life is no accident. It begins with good genes, but it also depends on good habits.