Maturity is the moment one regains one's innocence.

Marty Rubin
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  1. Infantile love follows the principle: "I love because I am loved." Mature love follows the principle: "I am loved because I love." Immature love says: "I love you because I need you." Mature love says: "I need you because I love you. - Erich Fromm

  2. That was when it was all made painfully clear to me. When you are a child, there is joy. There is laughter. And most of all, there is trust. <span style="margin:15px; display:block"></span>Trust in your fellows. When you are an adult..then comes suspicion, hatred, and fear.... - Peter David

  3. We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix... - Unknown

  4. I am convinced that most people do not grow up... We marry and dare to have children and call that growing up. I think what we do is mostly grow old. We carry accumulation of years in our bodies, and on our faces, but generally... - Maya Angelou

  5. I began to understand that suffering and disappointments and melancholy are there not to vex us or cheapen us or deprive us of our dignity but to mature and transfigure us. - Hermann Hesse

More Quotes By Marty Rubin
  1. One is never wounded by the love one gives, only by the love one expects.

  2. The slope contains many wonders not found at the summit.

  3. Philosophers console themselves with explanations.

  4. The search for first causes is the ultimate wild goose chase.

  5. When you separate thought from life, you get philosophy.

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