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"Highest good is like water. Because water excels in benefiting the myriad creatures without contending with them and settles where none would like to be, it comes close to the Way."
Daoism
"The more laws and edicts are imposed, the more thieves and bandits there will be."
Daoism
"Of the best rulers and the people only know that they exist; the next best they love and praise; the next they fear; and the next they revile. When the best rulers have done their task, the people all remark, 'We have done it ourselves!'"
Daoism
"Like fish caught in a net, desires trap us as we swim downstream in the violent flood of birth and death. Turn away from desires and leap out of the torrent...of misery."
Buddhism
"The mind is flighty, and hard to grasp; the mind pursues its desires. To tame the mind is great goodness. Subdue the mind and know tranquility."
Buddhism
"Diligently cultivate moral precepts, concentration, and wisdom. Put an end to greed hatred, and stupidity."
Buddhism
"Be respectful at home, serious at work, faithful in human relations. When if your go to uncivilized areas, these virtues [good qualities] are not to be abandoned."
Confucianism
"Seeing that our body, with hair and sin, is derived from our parents, we should not allow it to be injured in any way. This is the beginning of filial respect [repaying a parent's kindness]. We develop our own character and practice the way so as to perpetuate our name for future generations, and to bring honor to our parents."
Confucianism
"Lead the people with governmental measures and regulates them by law and punishment, and they will avoid wrongdoing but will have no sense of honor and shame. Lead them with virtue and regulate them by the rules of propriety [li], and they will have a sense of shame and, moreover, set themselves right."
Confucianism
