Superior man Quotes

“The superior man responds”

“The superior man responds”

“The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others.”

“The superior man understands what is right the inferior man understands what will sell.”

“The object of the superior man is truth.”

“The superior man understands what is right”

“All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: its one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple him. If it be aristocratic in organization, then it seeks to protect the man who is superior only in law against the man who is superior in fact; if it be democratic, then it seeks to protect the man who is inferior in every way against both. One of its primary functions is to regiment men by force, to make them as much alike as possible and as dependent upon one another as possible, to search out and combat originality among them. All it can see in an original idea is potential change, and hence an invasion of its prerogatives. The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane and intolerable, and so, if he is romantic, he tries to change it. And even if he is not romantic personally he is very apt to spread discontent among those who are.”

“What the superior man seeks is in himself what the small man seeks is in others. ”

“The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has. ”

“The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest success only comes later. ”

“The superior man does not, even for the space of a single meal, act contrary to virtue. In moments of haste, he cleaves to it. In seasons of danger, he cleaves to it.”