A Superior Man In Dealing

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.

To Throw Oneself Into Strange Teachings Is Quite Dangerous.

If I Am Virtuous And Worthy, For Whom Should I Not Maintain A Proper Concern?

A Man Of Humanity Is One Who, In Seeking To Establish Himself, Finds A Foothold For Others And Who, In Desiring Attaining Himself, Helps Others To Attain.

There Are Some With Whom We May Study In Common, But We Shall Find Them Unable To Go Along With Us To Principles. Perhaps We May Go On With Them To Principles, But We Shall Find Them Unable To Get Established In Those Along With Us. Or If We May Get So Established Along With Them, We Shall Find Them Unable To Weigh Occurring Events Along With Us.