The Inner State: Dignified Ease Versus Empty Pride

By / / arrogance, dignity, ease, inner state, pride, The Analects, Zi Lu XIII, Zi Lu XIII Chapter 26
Confucius said: “The superior man is at ease without arrogance; the mean man is arrogant without ease.”

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

君子泰而不骄，小人骄而不泰。

Source: The Analects, Zi Lu XIII, Chapter 26

Author: Confucius

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