He truly must have a loving heart,
    For all things living place in him entire confidence.

—­Ta-chwang-yan-king-lun.

    Ofttimes while he mused—­as motionless
    As the fixed rock his seat—­the squirrel leaped
    Upon his knee, the timid quail led forth
    Her brood between his feet, and blue doves pecked
    The rice-grains from the bowl beside his hand.

—­Sir Edwin Arnold.

Those who search after truth should have a heart full of sympathy.—­Story of Virudhaka.

This (prince) feels for the welfare of the multitude.—­Nalaka-sutta.

The Royal Prince, perceiving the tired oxen, ... the men toiling beneath the midday sun, and the birds devouring the hapless insects, his heart was filled with grief, as a man would feel upon seeing his own household bound in fetters:  thus was he touched with sorrow for the whole family of sentient creatures—­Fo-pen-hing-tsih-king.

This king felt the weal and the woe of his subjects as his own.—­Jatakamala.

What is a true gift? 
One for which nothing is expected in return.—­Prasnottaramalika.

There is a way of giving, seeking pleasure by it (or) coveting to get more; some also give to gain a name for charity, some to gain the happiness of heaven....  But yours, O friend, is a charity free from such thoughts, the highest and best degree of charity, free from self-interest or thought of getting more.—­Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king.

’Tis thus men generally think and speak, they have a reference in all they do to their own advantage.  But with this one it is not so:  ’tis the good of others and not his own that he seeks.—­Fo-pen-hing-tsih-king.

Above all things be not careless; for carelessness is the great foe to virtue.—­Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king.

You say that while young a man should be gay, and when old then religious....  Death, however, as a robber, sword in hand, follows us all, desiring to capture his prey:  how then should we wait for old age, ere we turn our minds to religion?—­Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king.

If you urge that I am young and tender, and that the time for seeking wisdom is not yet, then you should know that to seek true religion, there never is a time not fit.—­Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king.

Work out your own salvation with diligence.—­Mahaparinibbana-sutta.

No man can purify another.—­Dhammapada.

The good man’s love ends in love; the bad man’s love in hate.—­Kshemendra’s Kalpalata.

He who holds up a torch to (lighten) mankind is always honored by me.—­Rahula-sutta.

Where there is uprightness, wisdom is there, and where there is wisdom, uprightness is there.—­Sonadanda-sutta.

Liberty, courtesy, benevolence, unselfishness, under all circumstances towards all people—­these qualities are to the world what the linchpin is to the rolling chariot.—­Sigalovada-sutta.