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

“A man of humanity is one who, in seeking to establish himself, finds a foothold for others and who, in desiring attaining himself, helps others to attain.”

“The superior man has a dignified ease without pride. The mean man has pride without a dignified ease.”

“The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.”

“A superior man in dealing with the world is not for anything or against anything. He follows righteousness as the standard.”

“The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his actions.”

“The Master said, “What a worthy man was Yan Hui! Living in a narrow alley, subsisting upon meager bits of rice and water—other people could not have borne such hardship, and yet it never spoiled Hui’s joy. What a worthy man was Hui!”(Analects 6.11)”