Quotes on “maturity”

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.

That’s the duty of the old, to be anxious on behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old.

Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve.

The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up.

I began to understand that suffering and disappointments and melancholy are there not to vex us or cheapen us or deprive us of our dignity but to mature and transfigure us.