Anton Chekhov Quotes, Thinking Quotes, Maturity Quotes

Life is a vexatious trap; when a thinking man reaches maturity and attains to full consciousness he cannot help feeling that he is in a trap from which there is no escape.

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Children who have proven themselves to be incorrigible by the age of twelve should be quickly and quietly beheaded, lest they grow to maturity, marry, and perpetuate the likeness of their being.

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Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.

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To be left alone on the tightrope of youthful unknowing is to experience the excruciating beauty of full freedom and the threat of eternal indecision. Few, if any, survive their teens. Most surrender to the vague but murderous pressure of adult conformity. It becomes easier to die and avoid conflict than to maintain a constant battle with the superior forces of maturity.

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Science is the outcome of being prepared to live without certainty and therefore a mark of maturity. It embraces doubt and loose ends.

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When a man reaches his maturity in understanding and in years, the feeling comes over him that his father was wrong to beget him.

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It is the highest creatures who take the longest to mature, and are the most helpless during their immaturity.

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Journeys at youth are part of the education; but at maturity, are part of the experience.

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The glamour Of childish days is upon me, my manhood is cast Down in the flood of remembrance.

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She wore far too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a woman.

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The mature person perceives the fruitlessness of rigid, external methodologies; Remembering this, he keeps his attitude unstructured at all times and thus is always free to pursue the Integral Way. He studies the teachings of the masters. He dissolves all concepts of duality. He pours himself out in service to others.

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