When we are very young, we tend to regard the ability to use a colon much as a budding pianist regards the ability to play with crossed hands: many of us, when we are older, regard it as a proof of literary skill, maturity, even of sophistication; and many; whether young, not so young, or old, employ it gauchely, haphazardly, or at best inconsistently.
Maturity gives us jealous eyes. We look with jealousy on the younger woman because she doesn't know as much now as we do, and, oh, what we could do with our wisdom and her face.
It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity. No one knows what he can do till he tries.
Maturity is when you start feeling the motion of zaman (time) as if it is a sensuous caress. p. 216
When did you suddenly become Mister Maturity?
Mature means neither "too soon" nor "too late," but something between the two.
Maturity is when all of your mirrors turn into windows.
Maturity, as I conceived it, was recognizing what was bad or peculiar in life, admitting it has to stay that way, and going ahead with the best of things.
The Indian voter today is very mature. He votes in one fashion in the Lok Sabha elections, he votes in a different manner in the State Assembly elections. We have seen this. In 2014, the General Elections conincided with the Odisha Assembly elections. The same electorate gave one judgement for Odisha and another judgement for Delhi. So this country's voter is very mature and we should trust his maturity.
I'm almost 50, so I obviously don't have the same body that I had when I was 20. But I also don't have the same mindset either, when I was wracked with self-consciousness and insecurity. Now I really appreciate my maturity as a woman, my depth of spirit and soul and my understanding of who I am and what's important to me.
It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
People are anxious to save up financial means for old age; they should also be anxious to prepare a spiritual means for old age. . . . Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
As I began to love myself I stopped craving for a different life, and I could see that everything that surrounded me was inviting me to grow. Today I call it 'maturity'.
On the neck of the young man sparkles no gem so gracious as enterprise. Youth condemns; maturity condones.
In art them is a point of perfection, as of goodness or maturity in nature; he who is able to perceive it, and who loves it, has perfect taste; he who does not feel it, or loves on this side or that, has an imperfect taste.
Ease and luxury, such as our affluence brings today, do not make for maturity; hardship and struggle however do.
(The mature person) pours himself out in service to others.
Our children tremble in their teen-age cribs, whirling off on a thumb or a motorcycle.
I'd proven to the world that maturity, experience, dedication, and ingenuity can make up for a little senescence. Muscle tightening is not the only thing that happens to our bodies over time. We gain knowledge, focus, and understanding, and those things can help us win.
As we grow older, the memories of early life brighten, those of maturity and senescence grow dim and confused.
