“He's emotionally mature far below his 18 years. I've seen nothing in my conversations with Billy to see that he has a mature perception of the world or himself.”
George Reres
“To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.”
William Arthur Ward
“Maturity is knowing when to be immature.”
Randall Hall
“Being more mature now, I've managed to make peace with my past, as it's making peace with me. Certainly there's a mutual gain for reflecting on both phases of my life, and although I consider the here and now perhaps to be more important, there are still many people who appreciate my past ephemeral stages and the lessons they represent.”
Yusuf Islam
“A person of mature years and ripe development, who is expecting nothing from literature but the corroboration and renewal of past ideas, may find satisfaction in a lucidity so complete as to occasion no imaginative excitement, but young and ambitious students are not content with it. They seek the excitement because they are capable of the growth that it accompanies.”
Charles Horton Cooley
“Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says: 'I need you because I love you'”
Erich Fromm
“It is the highest creatures who take the longest to mature, and are the most helpless during their immaturity.”
George Bernard Shaw
