Confucius, The Superior Man

I really liked analects xiv 24 and xv 20.  The reason for me liking analect xiv 24 is because it talks about how "the progress of the superior man is upwards; the progress of the mean man is downwards".  Which i interrupted as the superior man is one who always strives for the best in himself and only travels up words and doing good for himself regardless of what other people think or tell him.  The superior man only does good and never puts any other person down.  The mean man is downwards which is kind of saying that if you're rude and mean, that your progress will most likely go downwards.  If you are so concentrated on bringing other people down, then your progress is heading downwards because you are so negative that it just affects you and everyone else, so noting positive can come out of being negative.  Analect xc 20 was also really neat to me because it states "what the superior man seeks, is in himself.  What the mean man seeks, is in other".  This one is kind of pertaining to the last analect because it talks about how the superior man looks to within himself to gain greatness for himself, unlike the mean man who seeks what's in others, which ultimately means that he is jealous and wants what others have.  You should be happy with what you were born with and be happy with what you have.  People have everything within themselves, so why would you need to look to another to gain what you need, you were made that way for a reason.