On Service
Confucius wrote that every normal human being cherishes the aspiration to become a superior man; superior to his fellows, if possible, but surely superior to his own past and present self.
The submissive strives differently; in service, her aim is surely to improve on her past and present self, while all the time cherishing the aspiration not to be superior to her fellows, but to be valued and useful to her Master.
The virtues of Confucius' gentleman are, in many ways, the virtues of the submissive: to attain to the utmost of her principles; to never find herself out of place in thought or deed; to seek in herself what her Master seeks from her. The submissive should, in everything, put forth her utmost endeavors.
-G. Masterson, "On Service"