The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of childhood into maturity
--Thomas Henry Huxley
Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed immaturity.
Immaturity is the inability to use one's understanding without guidance
from another. This immaturity is self-imposed when its cause lies not in
the lack of understanding, but in the lack of resolve and courage to use
it without guidance from another. Have courage to use your own understanding!
--Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
The great French Marshall Lyautey once asked his gardener to plant a tree
The gardener objected that the tree was slow growing and would not reach
maturity for 100 years. The Marshall replied,
In that case, there is no time to lose. Plant it this afternoon!
--Unknown
Immature love says, 'I love you because I need you.'
Mature love says, 'I need you because I love you.'
--Erich Fromm
Immaturity prevails in those who pursue it.
--Mary Reinhardt
Man's maturity: to have regained the seriousness that
he had as a child at play.
--Friedrich Nietzsche
Youth condemns; maturity condones.
--Amy Lowell
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.
--Wilhelm Stekel
Most men do not mature, they simply grow taller.
--Leo Rosten
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