249 Quotes About Maturation

Nobody works harder at learning than a curious kid.

Development is a voluntary process. You need a positive decision to make the right steps, but it starts with introspection.

Desire for and delight in God's Word are inseparable.

I was only 44, which is childhood philosophy.

Make wisdom human to the adolescent mind.

This anxiety to keep his father from anger was wearisome to him.

Better to wait actively than passively.

The great works of art and literature have a lot to say on how to tackle the concrete challenges of living, like how to escape the chains of public opinion, how to cope with grief or how to build loving friendships. Instead of organizing classes around academic concepts — 19th-century French literature — more could be organized around the concrete challenges students will face in the first decade after graduation.

Possibly, there was something to be said for the intellectual discipline of second-guessing what you thought was true.