詹姆斯·霍利斯（James Hollis）正确地观察到，智慧总是很谦卑，从不通货膨胀。 。 。 。对中年的现实思维是其必要的目标，即平衡的正当，将一个人恢复到与宇宙谦虚但有尊严的关系。
(James Hollis correctly observes, Wisdom is always humbling, never inflationary. . . . The realistic thinking of midlife has as its necessary goal the righting of a balance, the restoration of a person to a humble but dignified relationship to the universe.)