On the Golden Rule:
“Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” — Jesus
“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.” — Seneca
On getting revenge:
“If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.” — Jesus
“It is a petty and sorry person who will bite back when he is bitten.” — Seneca
On tending to one’s garden:
And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye?” — Jesus
“You look at the pimples of others when you yourselves are covered with a mass of sores.” — Seneca
On living in the present:
“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” — Jesus
“Two elements must therefore be rooted out once for all, - the fear of future suffering, and the recollection of past suffering; since the latter no longer concerns me, and the former concerns me not yet.” — Seneca
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