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

— Dan Buettner

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

— Dan Buettner

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

— Dan Buettner

Eat your vegetables, have a positive outlook, be kind to people, and smile - Ramada Nakamoto, 102-y/o-female for. Okinawa

— Dan Buettner

Exercise, from a public health perspective, is an unmitigated failure. The world's longest-lived people live in environments that nudge them into more movement. They don't use power tools, they do their own yard work, they grow a garden.

— Dan Buettner

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.

— Dan Buettner

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.

— Dan Buettner

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.

— Dan Buettner

Kids in a home with grandparents are healthier.

— Dan Buettner

The longest-lived people eat a plant-based diet. They eat meat but only as a condiment or a celebration. Nothing they eat has a plastic wrapper.

— Dan Buettner