The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When an individual is kept in a situation of inferiority, the fact is that he does become inferior.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.
A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.
He who loves the more is the inferior and must suffer.
The truly proud man knows neither superiors or inferiors. The first he does not admit of - the last he does not concern himself about.
A man who prides himself on being better than his fellow-men thinks it a disgrace if he does not do something more than they do, whereby his superiority may be apparent.
The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
Anyone determined to find another person or group inferior can always find whole lists of grounds that demonstrate inferiority because we are all inferior to the ideals of humanness we have erected.
The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them.