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At 15 I Set My Heart On Learning; At 30 I Firmly Took My Stand; At 40 I Had No Delusions; At 50 I Knew The Mandate Of Heaven; At 60 My Ear Was Attuned; At 70 I Followed My Heart's Desire Without Overstepping The Boundaries Of Right.

Stars Are Holes In The Sky From Which The Light Of The Infinite Shines.

When You Meet Someone Better Than Yourself, Turn Your Thoughts To Becoming His Equal. When You Meet Someone Not As Good As You Are, Look Within And Examine Your Own Self.

Never Hesitate To Ask A Lesser Person.

It Is The Way Of The Superior Man To Prefer The Concealment Of His Virtue, While It Daily Becomes More Illustrious, And It Is The Way Of The Mean Man To Seek Notoriety, While He Daily Goes More And More To Ruin.