The superior man, in the world, does not set his mind either for anything, or against anything; what is right he will follow.

A superior man always assumes complete responsibility, knowing that, ultimately, he has no control at all and everything is out of his hands. He acts with impeccable courage and persistence, expecting nothing but the inherent feeling of completeness he enjoys in the fullest giving of his gift.

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

The Way of the Superior Man is a book written explicitly for people who have already achieved respect for other genders and sexual preferences, and who consider men and women to be social, economic, and political equals. Now, we are ready to move to the next stage, grounded in this mutual respect and equality, but celebrating the sexual and spiritual passions inherent in the masculine/feminine polarity.

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

The superior man is not seeking for fulfillment through work and woman, because he is already full. For him,

In his dealings with the world, the gentleman is not invariably for or against anything. He is on the side of what is moral.

The superior man is not seeking for fulfillment through work and woman, because he is already full. For him, work and intimacy are opportunities to give his gifts, and be vanished in the bliss of the giving.

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

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

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

he had four of the characteristics of a superior man: — in his conduct of himself, he was humble; in serving his superiors, he was respectful; in nourishing the people, he was kind; in ordering the people, he was just.

The higher man is distinguished from the lower by his fearlessness and his readiness to challenge misfortune.

There are no principles; there are only events. There is no good and bad, there are only circumstances. The superior man espouses events and circumstances in order to guide them. If there were principles and fixed laws, nations would not change them as we change our shirts and a man can not be expected to be wiser than an entire nation.