“When I was a child, I thought of my Delta town as the center of theuniverse, but now I realize how little I know about the universe. As achild, I thought I was immortal, but now I recognize how limited a timewe all have. As a child, success meant scoring A on every exam, butnow I take it to mean good health, close family and friends, achieve-ments in my work, and helping others.”

“When I was a child I spoke like a child, thought like a child, acted as a child. But now that I am and adult i put my childish ways behind me.”

“When I was a child, I thought as a child. But now I have put away childish things. ... I must be scientific.”

“It is good," he thought "to taste for yourself everything you need to know. That worldly pleasures and wealth are not good things, I learned even as a child. I knew it for a long time, but only now have I experienced it. And now I know it, I know it not only because I remember hearing it, but with my eyes, with my heart, with my stomach. And it is good for me to know it!”

“When I was a child, I thought as a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child but when I grew up I put away childish things; for now we see through a glass darkly but then face to face!”

“You have not realized how I have developed. I was a schoolboy when you knew me. I am a man now. I have new passions new thoughts new ideas. I am different but you must not like me less. I am changed but you must always be my friend.”