The Superior Man is aware of Righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage. — Confucius Copy Share Image
The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell. — Confucius Copy Share Image
The superior man is easy to serve, but difficult to please ... The inferior man is difficult to serve, but easy to please. — Confucius 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
The superior man is quiet and calm, waiting for the opportunities of Heaven. — Confucius Copy Share Image
“There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.” — Tom Morris Copy Share Image
Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. — Confucius Copy Share Image
The virtues of a superior man are like the wind; the virtues of a common man are like the grass; the grass,… — Henry David Thoreau 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
The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he may be entrusted with great concerns. The small man may not… — Confucius Copy Share Image
A superior man may be made to go to the well, but he cannot be made to go down into it. He… — 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 does not mind being in office; all he minds about is whether he has qualities that entitle him to… — Confucius 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
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
Never let your love for your profession overshadow your religious feeling. Depend on it that religion will strengthen, not weaken, your energies,… — Benjamin Haydon Copy Share Image
The theory behind representative government is that superior men-or at least men not inferior to the average in ability and integrity-are chosen… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Great as heaven and earth are, men still find some things in them with which to be dissatisfied. Thus it is that,… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Great men are excellent topics of conversation, but the superior man, the superior men, the masters, the universal spirits on horseback, have… — Knut Hamsun 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
Closing down in the midst of pain is a denial of a man's true nature. A superior man is free in feeling… — David Deida 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
Cuvier had even in his address & manner the character of a superior Man, much general power & eloquence in conversation &… — Humphry Davy 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
“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
“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
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
“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
“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
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
“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
