Universal love is really the way of the sage-kings. It is what gives peace to the rulers and sustenance to the people.
All states in the world, large or small, are cities of Heaven, and all people, young or old, honorable or humble, are its subjects.
I feel people will tend toward universal love and mutual aid like fire tending upward and water downwards
Whoever criticizes others must have something to replace them. Criticism without suggestion is like trying to stop flood with flood and put out fire with fire. It will surely be without worth.
The wise man who has charge of governing the empire should know the cause of disorder before he can put it in order. Unless he knows its cause, he cannot regulate it.
The words of malicious slander should not be allowed to enter the ear. A defensive voice should not be allowed to come out of the mouth. The want to gravely injure people should not be allowed to exist in the heart. If this is accomplished, though there be people who cynically expose others, they would be without people who would align with them.
To enter upon rulership of a country but not preserve its scholars will result in the downfall of the country.
