Quotes About Superiority

Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior; for it is a prince's part to pardon.

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Kendi deÄŸeri olmayan bir insan baÅŸkalar?n?n deÄŸerini hiçbir zaman çekemez. Çünkü insan gönlü, ya kendi üstünlüÄŸünü ya da baÅŸkalar?n?n kötülüÄŸü ile beslenmek ister.

Far more, however, has knowledge suffered from littleness of spirit and the smallness and slightness of the tasks which human industry has proposed to itself. And what is worst of all, this very littleness of spirit comes with a certain air of arrogance and superiority.

It was rather fun, as a matter of fact, to adventure into this world of make-believe; it gave her a feeling of rich, unexerted power; kept open a safe line of retreat with her boats unburned. His little, high-brow superiority was really comical — almost pathetic.

Thymos is the part of the soul that craves recognition of dignity; isothymia is the demand to be respected on an equal basis with other people; while megalothymia is the desire to be recognized as superior.

Contemporary identity politics is driven by the quest for equal recognition by groups that have been marginalized by their societies. But that desire for equal recognition can easily slide over into a demand for recognition of the group's superiority.

Wit is a weapon. Jokes are a masculine way of inflicting superiority. But humor is the pursuit of a gentle grin, usually in solitude.

Wit is a weapon. Jokes are a masculine way of inflicting superiority. But humour is the pursuit of a gentle grin, usually in solitude.

America still sees itself as essential and as destiny's instrument. And each splinter group within our culture—left, right, conservative, liberal, religious, secular—sees itself as morally, even "theologically," superior to its rivals. It is not just about politics. It is about being better than one's evil opponent. We don't just disagree, we demonize the "other." And we don't compromise.

At international meetings, Americans and Brits often mistake the extraordinary privilege of being able to speak in their mother tongue for intellectual superiority. Because no one is going to disagree with them in broken English, they are rarely disabused of this notion.

There is no forgiveness when one who claims a superiority falls below the standard.

le n**** esclave de son infériorité, le Blanc esclave de sa supériorité, se comportent tous deux selon une ligne d'orientation névrotique.

There can be no such thing as rigorously identical cultures. To believe one can create a black culture is to forget oddly enough that "Negroes" are in the process of disappearing, since those who created them are witnessing the demise of their economic and cultural superiority. There will be no such thing as a black culture . . .

The Negro enslaved by his inferiority, the white man enslaved by his superiority alike behave in accordance with a neurotic orientation.

According to the Prophet, the four blemishes of knowledge are boasting of one's knowledge and feeling superior on account of it to recognized scholars, entering into contests with fools on the strength of one's knowledge, trying through it to influence people in his favor, and attempting to obtain favors from leaders in powerful positions by means of it.

When you feel that you are superior to someone else, you lack compassion. Compassion is a word Buddhists use to express the realization that even though we may differ greatly in evolution, appearance, talents, or intelligence from other beings in the universe, we are all equally valuable in the eyes of eternity. This is wisdom." - Surfing the Himalayas 202

The higher a man gets, the smaller he seems to those who cannot fly.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes talent. —Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Growing up in America, I'd come to assume that everything I had—and did—was the newest, best, and most advanced in the world. It

The Superiority has a lot of graphic designers and animators," Morriumur said. "It's one of the most common professions chosen by those who wish to work beyond basic subsistence.

The God King's superiority was arbitrary, much like Lightsong's divinity— both part of a grand game of make-believe. But he'd found that imaginary things were often the only items of real substance in people's lives.

I think," M-Bot said, "maybe the Superiority might not be very nice.

Hubris is an inflated sense of one's own innate abilities that is tied more to the need for dominance than to actual accomplishments. It