The awareness of the ambiguity of one's highest achievements (as well as one's deepest failures) is a definite symptom of maturity. -
Paul Johannes Tillich
We must learn not to disassociate the airy flower from the earthy root, for the flower that is cut off from its root fades, and its seeds are barren, whereas the root, secure in mother earth, can produce flower after flower and bring their fruit to maturity. -
The Kabbalah
Disobey: To celebrate with an appropriate ceremony the maturity of a command. (The Devil's Dictionary) -
Ambrose Bierce
There is a little immaturity stuck away in the crannies of even the most judicious of us, and we should treasure it. -
Roger Ebert
Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don't go well. -
E. James 'Jim' Rohn
A widow is a fascinating being with the flavour of maturity, the spice of experience, the piquancy of novelty, the tang of practiced coquetry, and the halo of one man's approval. -
Helen Rowland
A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight. -
Robertson Davies
Maturity: Be able to stick with a job until it is finished. Be able to bear an injustice without having to get even. Be able to carry money without spending it. Do your duty without being supervised. -
Ann Landers
Childhood is not only the childhood we really had but also the impressions we formed of it in our adolescence and maturity. That is why childhood seems so long. Probably every period of life is multiplied by our reflections upon the next. -
Cesare Pavese
