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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.
My experience is that as soon as people are old enough to know better, they don't know anything at all.
My experience is that as soon as people are old enough to know better, they don't know anything at all.
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 the 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.
Maturity is: The ability to stick with a job until it's finished; The ability to do a job without being read more
Maturity is: The ability to stick with a job until it's finished; The ability to do a job without being supervised; The ability to carry money without spending it; and The ability to bear an injustice without wanting to get even
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.
To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.
To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is 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
Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.
Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.
