Since eternity, mankind has denied what was to be deeply understood and transformed, all the emotions that were primal in one’s progress in higher consciousness, was subjugated, condemned so deeply that we are still struck...

I finally decided what I want to be when I grow up – late.

I’m all groan up in America.

My secret to maintaining a youthful appearance? Immaturity.

Individuation is an attainment of spiritual maturity frighteningly seldom attained in today’s mono-cultures.

Avoid the temptation of being drawn into silly debate. Don’t fall into trap set by those with hidden agendas. You have nothing to prove.

I will come back to you, I swear I will;And you will know me still.I shall be only a little tallerThan when I went.

To live with fear and not be afraid is the final test of maturity.

I just think that what happened with Gerald in terms of his maturity, is his mental toughness improved dramatically last season. I think that mentally he is very, very strong. He really did respond last...

For us lads of eighteen they ought to have been mediators and guides to the world of maturity, the world of work, of duty, of culture, of progress — to the future.

If, as PJ O’Rourke ones quipped, giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys, giving actual money and power to teenage boys (and girls) is as predictably...

A person’s readiness to date is largely a matter of maturity and environment.

I want every one of our members to grow into maturity more quickly than they seem to, but the Lord has taught me to shepherd people, call them to repentance and let Matthew 18:12­–14 play...

I had a dream that boys would act like men for once…then I woke up.

One must always be aware, to notice—even though the cost of noticing is to become responsible.

Except. What is normal at any given time? We change just as the seasons change, and each spring brings new growth. So nothing is ever quite the same.

The goal of a life purpose is not what you will create, but what it will make you into for creating it.

Is it possible that that’s all maturity is? Speaking better? Is it possible that everybody in the world, is just a dumb, stupid kid acting like a grown-up because they can sound like one and...

With age comes acumen. With experience comes insight.

But I knew it was pure masturbation, because down in my gut I wanted nothing more than a clean bed and a bright room and something solid to call my own at least until I...

I, on the other hand, still might not be considered a proper adult. I had been very grown-up in primary school. But as I continued through secondary school, I in fact became less grown-up. And...

She was intelligent enough to realize that her excitement was childish, but not mature enough to care.

One hundred will go to my mother, sir, and the other I shall spend on schooling.” Jack Creamer, aged ten.

Maturity is the moment one regains one’s innocence.

Growing up doesn’t mean that you are older than someone, it means that you are no longer an amateur.

It is no surprise that the first and always unwelcome message of male initiation rites is LIFE – IS – HARD.

I tried desperately to put my thoughts into the forms of prayers, but I didn’t know how. If God was real, I figured He was powerful enough to know what I wanted without me actually...

Being a reader has brought me much joy, laughter, and rich experience. But reading has also wounded me. The sacrament of reading has plowed me open and sown seeds of empathy that have taken root...

Adolescence is society’s permission slip for combining physical maturity with psychological irresponsibility.

Before, singing was my life, my vocal chords used to lead the way. Now, I’m in-charge.

A few people of integrity can go a long way.

A true work of art is shaped by the hands of another, and if in shaping us that ‘other’ is anything other than God, the piece will never touch the remotest periphery of its potential.

Sixty is heaven,” she [bohemian Aunt Norma] told Jeanie as they sat having tea. “The world is done with you, you become to all intents and purposes invisible, particularly if you are a woman. I...

The shorter the time until maturity, the less impact rising rates will have on bond prices.

But to look back from the stony plain along the road which led one to that place is not at all the same thing as walking on the road; the perspective to say the very...

Star Trek was an attempt to say that humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate, but take a special delight in differences in ideas and differences...

I would prefer,” Pat said, his voice a little stiff, as if he expected resistance, “that I be the cosigner on the loan, if you go through with this. I know I’m not a famous...

I would like to thank the Cypriot people for their maturity and collectedness shown in their interactions with the Cypriot Banks.

That’s not fair!” Charlotte said.”I thought you were a grown lady — you know life is neither fair nor kind.

Fair and unfair are for children

Apply expectations appropriately. Do not assume [all] adults are as grown up and mature as they should be, or appear to be.

Wart meets Merlin for the first time – only for Merlin, who lives backwards, it’s the last time. The old wizard weeps and the boy can’t understand why. It’s a powerful expression of the gulf...

Through spiritual maturity you will see new ways to avoid unnecessary suffering; wiser ways to endure unavoidable hardships with grace, and opportunities to turn your pain into lessons of service and healing for others.

Childhood and adulthood were not factors of age but states of mind.

The author likens crisis, and particularly war, to stop motion photography in its capacity to make changes plain that are ordinarily too gradual to be seen.

The only time “early bloomer” has ever been applied to me is vis-a-vis my premature apprehension of the deep dread-of-existence thing. In all other cases, I plod and tromp along. My knuckles? Well dragged.

‎Reconciliation‬ is the most significant level of life’s maturity!

I can take care of myself, but I can’t take care of myself and a child. I’ve decided to give myself up for adoption.

We need to increase the transparency of shadow banking markets so that authorities can monitor for signs of excessive leverage and unstable maturity transformation outside regulated banks.

LINK OUT OF SYNCWhen the mind fails to keep pace with the body’s maturityKamil Ali