Think of all sentient beings as thy children.—Tenets of the Soto Sect.
Though exalted, forget not the lowly.—Jitsu-go-kiyo.
Be kind to all that lives.—Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king.
Filled with compassion for all creatures.—Saddharma-pundarika.
Of all possessions, contentedness is the best by far.—Nagarjuna's "Friendly Epistle."
A contented mind is always joyful.—Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king.
Let us then live happily, though we call nothing our own.—Dhammapada.
Not the whole world, ... the ocean-girt earth,
With all the seas and the hills that girdle it,
Would I wish to possess with shame added thereto.
—Questions of King Milinda.
Let none be forgetful of his own duty for the sake of another's.—Dhammapada.