An idea from The Analects

He tells his life in steps from fifteen to seventy. At fifteen he set his heart on learning, at thirty he stood firm, and at forty his doubts ended. The final step is this: “At seventy, I could follow what my heart desired, without transgressing what was right.”

From The Analects by Confucius

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