"I think there must be a conscious movement to create more opportunities for senior citizens to be useful and contributory with whatever talents they have. We have more percentage of people with higher education, that's why I think there are many seniors who can really blossom given the chance."

- Former senator and educator Helena Benitez

"If somebody tells me he has a secret for living long, I'll call him a liar."

- Journalist Amante Bigornia

"Good habit, moderation, and all that won't be complete for a good physical condition without sex. If you don't have that, you might as well be six feet under the ground."

- Chess champ Florencio Campomanes

"As you grow older, you realize that knowledge is a bottomless pit. That when you begin to think you know everything, you're beginning to know less."

- University of the East chief executive officer P. O. Domingo

"Your religious life is more important than your life on earth. You must always have your life of faith behind you."

- Former associate justice Jose Feria

"I am motivated by the need to be able to do something for the judiciary, especially in judicial education which is one of the main components of the Supreme Court's plan for judicial reform."

- Former associate justice Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera

"By nature, I'm a happy person as I haven't had any reason to be unhappy."

- Former secretary of Social Welfare and Development Mita Pardo de Tavera

"I do not pretend to be 'very active and healthy,' considering what I had gone through. Undoubtedly, a simple lifestyle and a dependence on a higher power bigger than myself have made all the difference in my life."

- Former senator Jovito Salonga