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"The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise."
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"Offhand, the only North American writers I can think of who have come from a background of rural poverty and gone on to write about it have been Negroes."
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"It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a young fool. But the young fool has first to grow up to be an old fool to realize what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool."

"Soon the child learns that there are strangers, and ceases to be a child."

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

"A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong."

"Maturity is accepting the responsibility of being oneself, whatsoever the cost."

"Be yourself. Never try to be someone else, and you will become mature. Maturity is accepting the responsibility of being oneself."

"Spiritual maturity testifies of one's level of patience."
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