Maturity is achieved when a person accepts life as full of tension; when he does not torment himself with childish guilt feelings but avoids tragic adult sins; when he postpones immediate pleasures for the sake of long-term values…. Our generation must be inspired to search for that maturity which will manifest itself in the qualities of tenacity dependability cooperativeness and the inner drive to work and sacrifice for a nobler future of mankind.
Humanity has advanced when it has advanced not because it has been sober responsible and cautious but because it has been playful rebellious and immature.
What I look forward to is continued immaturity followed by death.
Maturity is only a short break in adolescence.
The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left.
To grow mature is to separate more distinctly to connect more closely.
One sign of maturity is the ability to be comfortable with people who are not like us.
Maturity is achieved when a person accepts life as full of tension; when he does not torment himself with childish guilt feelings but avoids tragic adult sins; when he postpones immediate pleasures for the sake of long-term values…. Our generation must be inspired to search for that maturity which will manifest itself in the qualities of tenacity dependability cooperativeness and the inner drive to work and sacrifice for a nobler future of mankind.
Humanity has advanced when it has advanced not because it has been sober responsible and cautious but because it has been playful rebellious and immature.
Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.
The real test of a man?s maturity is his ability to make wise adjustments to painful realities.