Quotes about maturity
21 quotes from 18 people
Kurt Vonnegut1922–2007Cat’s Cradle (1963), Chapter 88
Democritus460–360 BCFreeman (1948), p. 152I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.
Albert Einstein1879–1955Out of My Later Years (1950), Ch. 2 “Self-Portrait” (1936), p. 5If being a kid is about learning how to live, then being a grown-up is about learning how to die.
Stephen Kingborn 1947Christine (1983), Pt. 1, Ch. 5
C. S. Lewis1898–1963The Silver Chair (1953), Ch. 16: The Healing of Harms
Dag Hammarskjöld1905–1961Vägmärken · Markings (1963), 1950
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry1900–1944Le Petit Prince (1943)- C. S. Lewis1898–1963“On Three Ways of Writing for Children” (1952); in Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories (1967), p. 25
The sooner you treat him as a man, the sooner he will begin to be one.
John Locke1632–1704Some Thoughts Concerning Education (1693), Sec. 95
Søren Kierkegaard1813–1855Journals IV A 87 (1843)I never know whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.
William Makepeace Thackeray1811–1863The Virginians (1857-1859), Ch. 56.It is time which imparts strength to all things and brings them to maturity.
Hippocrates460–370 BCThe Law, 3.
David Lynch1946–2025McKenna interview (1992)
Bob Saget1956–2022Dirty Daddy: The Chronicles of a Family Man Turned Filthy Comedian (2014), Ch. 12: Falling Upward, Or What It’s Like To Be Loved And HatedMen must endure
Their going hence, even as their coming hither;
Ripeness is all.
