The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. — Confucius Copy Share Image
What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others. — Confucius Copy Share Image
The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort. — 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
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
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 mass of men lead lives of shallow happiness; the superior man exults in his gloom. — Garrison Keillor 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 superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his actions.” — Confucius Copy Share Image
The superior man, even when he is not moving, has a feeling of reverence, and while he speaks not, he has the… — Confucius Copy Share Image
In some respects woman is superior to man. She is more tender-hearted, more receptive, her intuition is more intense. — Abdu'l-Bahá 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 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 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 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
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 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 does not, even for the space of a single meal, act contrary to virtue. In moments of haste, he… — Confucius 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
“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
“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
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
Cuvier had even in his address & manner the character of a superior Man, much general power & eloquence in conversation &… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
Politics, under a democracy, reduces itself to a mere struggle for office by flatterers of the proletariat; even when a superior man… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I believe in only one thing and that thing is human liberty. If ever a man is to achieve anything like dignity,… — 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
“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
“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
The superior man is quiet and calm, waiting for the opportunities of Heaven. — Confucius Copy Share Image
