The useless men are those who never change with the years. Many views that I held to in my youth and long afterwards are a pain to me now, and I am carrying away from Thrums memories of errors into which I fell at every stage of my ministry. When you are older you will know that life is a long lesson in humility.

J. M. Barrie (1860-1937) Scottish novelist and dramatist [James Matthew Barrie]

The Little Minister, ch. 3 [Mr. Carfrae] (1891)
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