The superior man, extensively studying all learning, and keeping himself under the restraint of the rules of propriety, may thus likewise not… — Confucius Copy Share Image
“Superior men have a propensity for spending their time contemplating the meaning of life. They are in a perpetual quest for truth… — VD 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
The superior man sets his person at rest before he moves; he composes his mind before he speaks. — Confucius Copy Share Image
All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: it's one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. — Confucius Copy Share Image
“If a superior man undertakes something and tried to lead, He goes astray. But if he follows, he finds guidance. It is… — Pearl S. Buck 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
“What the superior man seeks is in himself. What the mean man seeks is in others. —Confucius” — Steven D. Price Copy Share Image
It is the way of the superior man to prefer the concealment of his virtue, while it daily becomes more illustrious, and… — Confucius Copy Share Image
“Even a really superior man almost always begins to deteriorate when he is habitually (as the phrase is) king of his company:… — John Stuart Mill 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 honors his virtuous nature, and maintains constant inquiry and study, seeking to carry it out to its breadth and… — Confucius 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
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
A superior man in dealing with the world is not for anything or against anything. He follows righteousness as the standard. — Confucius 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
The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not… — Confucius Copy Share Image
“Nothing is more visible than things hidden; Nothing is more manifest than things minute; Therefore, the superior man should be aware of… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Earnest in practicing the ordinary virtues, and careful in speaking about them, if, in his practice, he has anything defective, the superior… — Confucius Copy Share Image
