“Do not do to others what you do not want them to do to you.” (Confucius, Analects 15.23)
Fan Chi asked about the meaning of humanity.
The Master replied: “To love all people.” (Confucius, Analects 12.22)
A benevolent man extends his love for those he loves to those he does not love. (Mencius 7B.1)
Treat the aged of your own family in a manner befitting their venerable age and extend this treatment to the aged of other families.
Treat your own young in a manner befitting their tender age and extend this to the young of other families. (Mencius 1A.7)
Noble persons first practise what they preach and afterwards preach according to their practise. (Confucius, Analects 2.13)
As for the wise, when they aspire to wealth, they acquire it by honest and ethical means. (Confucius, Analects 4.2)
If one has sinned against Heaven, there is no one to pray to. (Confucius, Analects 3.13)
If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the character.
If there is beauty in the character, there will be harmony in the home.
If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation.
If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world. (Confucius)
The Master said:
At fifteen, I bent my mind on learning;
at thirty, I was established;
at forty, I was free from delusion;
at fifty, I knew the mandate of Heaven;
at sixty, my ears became subtly perceptive;
at seventy, I was able to follow my heart’s desire without overstepping the rules of propriety. (Confucius, Analects 2.4)
