At Seventy, I Could Follow

When A Man Comes To Me, I Accept Him At His Best, Not At His Worst. Why Make So Much Ado? When A Man Washes His Hands Before Paying A Visit, And You Receive Him In That Clean State, You Do Not Thereby Stand Surety For His Always Having Been Clean In The Past.

Every Truth Has Four Corners: As A Teacher I Give You One Corner, And It Is For You To Find The Other Three.

The Perfecting Of One's Self Is The Fundamental Base Of All Progress And All Moral Development.

Do Not Worry If Others Do Not Understand You. Instead Worry If You Do Not Understand Others.

At Fifteen, My Mind Was Bent On Learning. At Thirty, I Stood Firm. At Forty, I Had No Doubts. At Fifty, I Knew The Decrees Of Heaven. At Sixty, My Ear Was Receptive To Truth. At Seventy, I Could Follow My Heart's Desires Without Sin.