“A saint is long past any desire for distinction; he is the only sort of superior man who has never been a… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. — Confucius Copy Share Image
Men who have lived significant lives are men who never waited: not for money, security, ease, or women. — David Deida Copy Share Image
All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: its one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The superior man is universally minded and no partisan. The inferior man is a partisan and not universal. — Confucius Copy Share Image
The mass of men lead lives of shallow happiness; the superior man exults in his gloom. — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind. — Confucius Copy Share Image
It is unfortunate that superior talent and superior men are so seldom united. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Copy Share Image
...you have the opportunity to free fall in this moment between birth and death, right through the hole of your fear, into… — David Deida Copy Share Image
You are not only a man, you are a superior man: a man who does his best to live as love in… — David Deida Copy Share Image
The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Any society which is not improving is deteriorating, and the more so the closer and more familiar it is. Even a really… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The superior man undergoes three changes. Looked at from a distance, he appears stern; when approached, he is mild; when he is… — Confucius Copy Share Image
The superior man will watch over himself when he is alone. He examines his heart that there may be nothing wrong there,… — Confucius Copy Share Image
The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
The superior man governs men, according to their nature, with what is proper to them, and as soon as they change what… — Confucius Copy Share Image
When the Superior Man eats he does not try to stuff himself; at rest he does not seek perfect comfort; he is… — Confucius Copy Share Image
The superior man does what is proper to the station in which he is; he does not desire to go beyond this.… — Confucius Copy Share Image
The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does… — Confucius Copy Share Image
“The Way of the Superior Man is a book written explicitly for people who have already achieved respect for other genders and… — David Deida Copy Share Image
While under precapitalistic conditions superior men were the masters on whom the masses of the inferior had to attend, under capitalism the… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The superior man honors his virtuous nature, and maintains constant inquiry and study, seeking to carry it out to its breadth and… — Confucius Copy Share Image
“There are no principles; there are only events. There is no good and bad, there are only circumstances. The superior man espouses… — Honoré de Balzac Copy Share Image
Cuvier had even in his address & manner the character of a superior Man, much general power & eloquence in conversation &… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
“Readiness is everything. Resolution is indissolubly bound up with caution. If an individual is careful and keeps his wits about him, he… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Austerity means to eliminate the comforts and cushions in your life that you have learned to snuggle into and lose wakefulness. Take… — David Deida Copy Share Image
“When the superior man has free course with his principles, that is what we call his success; when such course is denied,… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Your scorn for mediocrity blinds you to its vast primitive power. You stand in the glare of your own brilliance, unable to… — Trevanian Copy Share Image
After an inferior man has been taught a doctrine of superiority he will remain as inferior as he was before his lesson.… — Anton Szandor LaVey Copy Share Image
“All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: its one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple… — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Civilization, in fact, grows more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A dog is a pitiful thing, depending wholly on companionship, and utterly lost except in packs or by the side of his… — H.P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
