Character Quote by Arthur C. Clarke

Civilizations can only be understood by those who are civilized.

— Alfred North Whitehead

Maturity is the ability to live in peace with that which we cannot change.

— Ann Landers

A new culture can only grow up in the soil of a purged humanity.

— Johan Huizinga

Maturity is having the ability to escape categorization.

— Kenneth Rexroth

Maturity is the ability to relate appropriately to other realities than one's own.

— Anonymous

Civilization may progress, human nature will remain the same throughout all ages.

— H. P. Blavatsky

Intellectual culture has no necessary relation to purity or excellency of character...

— Derick

We do not ignore maturity. Maturity consists in not losing the past while fully living in the present with a prudent awareness of the…

— Thomas Traherne

Only practical work and experience lead the young to maturity.

— Maria Montessori

Civilization is only a series of victories against nature.

— William Harvey

Maturity is when you demand less and understand more.

— Anmol Andore

Learning and literature have a way of outlasting the civilization that made them.

— Dorothy L. Sayers