What the superior man seeks is in himself. What the mean man seeks is in others.

What the superior man seeks is in himself. What the mean man seeks is in others.

Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of
that man is peace.

Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of
that man is peace.

The first man is of the earth,
earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.

The first man is of the earth,
earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.

I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of read more

I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of the accidents of race or color. They are superior who have the best heart--the best brain. The superior man ... stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others.

No man is an island entire of itself; every man is part of the main ... Any man's death diminishes read more

No man is an island entire of itself; every man is part of the main ... Any man's death diminishes me because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp,
Or what's a heaven for?

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp,
Or what's a heaven for?

For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast
crowned him with glory and honour.

For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast
crowned him with glory and honour.

To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am
made all things to read more

To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am
made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.

Man only,--rash, refined, presumptuous Man--
Starts from his rank, and mars Creation's plan!
Born the free heir read more

Man only,--rash, refined, presumptuous Man--
Starts from his rank, and mars Creation's plan!
Born the free heir of nature's wide domain,
To art's strict limits bounds his narrow'd reign;
Resigns his native rights for meaner things,
For Faith and Fetters, Laws and Priests and Kings.