Robert J. Waldinger

“When it comes to health care policy, we keep failing to take seriously the value of human relationships. The cost of this oversight is staggering.”

“People who are more isolated than they want to be from others find that they are less happy, their health declines earlier in midlife, their brain functioning declines sooner, and they live shorter lives than people who are not lonely.”

“The good life is built with good relationships.”

“It turns out that people who are more socially connected to family, to friends, to community, are happier, they're physically healthier, and they live longer than people who are less well connected.”