Those who say, “Are you ten years old to act so childishly?”—if I were to speak in their language, they are the ones who forever carry the mind of a ten-year-old.

 Those who say, “Are you ten years old to act so childishly?”—if I were to speak in their language, they are the ones who forever carry the mind of a ten-year-old. For remarks about physical age are not reflections of an inner reality, but rather of social expectations and rules. Those who place such importance on “being a kid” or “being an adult” are always the ones who have internalized these expectations and rules, mistaking them for their own thoughts.