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"The American male doesn't mature until he has exhausted all other possibilities."

"You will come to know things that can only be known with the wisdom of age and the grace of years. Most of those things will have to do with forgiveness."

"You become a man not when you reach a certain age, but when you reach a certain state of mind."

"Only with time do we really learn who the other person is and come to love the person for him- or herself and not just for the feelings and experiences they give us."

"Sorrow and strife comes to all persons. Mature people expect hardships and setbacks and patiently and determinedly work to accomplish their goals. Immature people lash out in anger and frustration when circumstances conspire to blunt their short-term objectives."

"She knew Neal loved her. Good for him for realizing it wasn't enough to make him happy. That was very mature of him. He was probably saving them both a lot of heartache."

"Is it not a sign of immaturity to wish for someone's downfall? To wish that he or she fails at whatever productive endeavours they are aiming at? Wishing to be the only one succeeding, while everyone else fails?It's a world where we are all dependent on one another, one way or the other; and trade is happening at a much more sophisticated level than ever before. It is to our collective benefit for people to succeed."
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"Words, they say, are the food of minds. But, like other foods, they can do little by themselves."


"It is experience which teaches, not controversy based on supposed logic and assumptions of what is likely to be true."


"Sufism is always systematised only for limited or transitory periods: because Sufism is primarly instrumental, not for enjoyment or display."
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