"Consider the family of humankind one." (Jinasena, Adipurana)
"Rendering help to another is the function of all human beings." (Tattvarthasutra 5:21)
"Have benevolence towards all living beings, joy at the sight of the virtuous, compassion and sympathy for the afflicted, and tolerance towards the`indolent and ill-behaved." (Tattvarthasutra 7:11)
"Charity--to be moved at the sight of the thirsty, the hungry, and the miserable and to offer relief to them out of pity--is the spring of virtue." (Kundakunda, Pancastikaya 137)
"Just as pain is not agreeable to you, it is so with others. Knowing this principle of equality treat other with respect and compassion...Killing a living being is killing one's own self; showing compassion to a living being is showing compassion to oneself." (Suman Suttam 12:150-151)
"A man should wander about treating all creatures as he himself would be treated." (Sutrakritanga 1:11.33)
"As water surely will wash away blood, so the giving of food to homeless or virtuous saints will certainly destroy the sins incidental to a householder's life." (Samantabadhra, Ratnakarandasravakacara 114)