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Deepen your existing spiritual commitment.

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.

I live on the water. I live in a neighborhood that's consummately connected to my neighbors. I bump into them every day. I can bike to work.

You have to know why you get up every morning.

One of the big things I've learned is that there's an advantage to regular low-intensity activity.

Diet and supplements and exercise programs aren't what is achieving longevity. Having a faith-based community can add four to 14 years.

Inconvenience yourself: ditch the remote, the garage door opener, the leaf-blower; buy a bike, broom, rake, and snow shovel.

Have fun, be active. Ride a bike instead of driving, for example.

The people you surround yourself with influence your behaviors, so choose friends who have healthy habits.

It's hard to reach [the age of] 100. We're not programmed for longevity. We are programmed for something called procreative success.

Eat your vegetables, have a positive outlook, be kind to people, and smile.

So setting up automatic savings plans, and buying insurance as opposed to buying a new thing. The newness effect of a new thing wears off in nine months to a year, but financial security can last a lifetime.

If one fails to develop goals that give meaning to one’s existence, if one does not use the mind to it’s fullest, then good feelings fulfill just a fraction of the potential we possess. True happiness involves the pursuit of worthy goals. Without dreams, without risks, only a trivial semblance of living can be achieved.

Singapore is the happiest place in Asia

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 more things for which you develop a fondness the richer the life you live.

A doctor may know more than a peasant, but a peasant and a doctor know more together.

True happiness involves the pursuit of worth goals; without dreams, without risks, only a trivial semblance of living can be achieved.

Drink without getting drunk Love without suffering jealousy Eat without overindulging Never argue And once in a while, with great discretion, misbehave

Gratitude always comes into play; research shows that people are happier if they are grateful for the positive things in their lives, rather than worrying about what might be missing.

I wake up in the morning and I see that flower, with the dew on its petals, and at the way it's folding out, and it makes me happy, she said. It's important to focus on the things in the here and now, I think. In a month, the flower will be shriveled and you will miss its beauty if you don't make the effort to do it now. Your life, eventually, is the same way.