Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

A mature person is one who is does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even read more

A mature person is one who is does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably

What power had I
before I learned to yield?
Shatter me Great Wind!
I shall possess the field!
Richard Wilbur
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What power had I
before I learned to yield?
Shatter me Great Wind!
I shall possess the field!
Richard Wilbur
a stanza from his poem To A Milkweed.

Youth condemns; maturity condones.

Youth condemns; maturity condones.

It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.

It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.

It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.

It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.

I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.

I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.

The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of read more

The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one

When I grow up I want to be a little boy.

When I grow up I want to be a little boy.