People don't like reality, they don't like common sense, until age forces it on them.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- People resist reality and common sense until age forces acceptance.
- In plain terms
- Humans ignore truth until experience makes them face it.
- What can you take from it?
- Expect resistance to truth until life forces change.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What truths have you resisted?
- How did you finally accept them?
Another view
Some people learn from others rather than experience.
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