君子有三种事应该加以警戒:年轻的时候,血气还没有固定,力戒贪恋女色;到了壮年时期,血气正旺盛,力戒逞强好斗;到了老年时期,血气已经衰弱,力戒贪得无厌。
I don’t think that when people grow up, they will become more broad-minded and can accept everything. Conversely, I think it’s a selecting process, knowing what’s the most important and what’s the lest. And then be a simple man.
To men like that, time was a surfeit, a barrel they watched slowly drain. When really, he thinks, it’s a glowing puddle you carry in your hands; you should spend all your energy protecting it.