Not feeling compassion for a stranger is like not feeling when one's foot has caught fire
Tsze-Kung asked, “Is there one word with which to act in accordance throughout a lifetime?” The Master said, “Is not reciprocity such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.
Consideration for others is the basis of a good life, a good society.
The great man is sparing in words but prodigal in deeds.
Charity is that rational and constant affection which makes us sacrifice ourselves to the human race, as if we were united with it, so as to form one individual, partaking equally in its adversity and prosperity.