Quotes about Maturation

The earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.

All by itself the earth produces a crop—first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within.

"The twins no longer derive their sustenance from Nature's founts - in short," said Mr. Micawber, in one of his bursts of confidence, "they are weaned..."

God always wants us to be growing.

Every one, though born of God in an instant, yet undoubtedly grows by slow degrees.

Like some wines, our love could neither mature nor travel.

my disruptive experiences are not outside impositions to or an attack on my faith, but are the soil out of which my faith matures and takes shape.

Each moment of our existence, we are either growing into more or retreating into less.

As we undergo maturation, we come to understand that our temporary fruit was never the endgame of an everlasting Master, but rather just a single step in the process of making eternal wine.

Nothing is yet in its true form.

Teaching, therefore, asks first of all the creation of a space where students and teachers can enter into a fearless communication with each other and allow their respective life experiences to be their primary and most valuable source of growth and maturation. It asks for a mutual trust in which those who teach and those who want to learn can become present to each other, not as opponents, but as those who share in the same struggle and search for the same truth.