"He who can find no room for others lacks fellow feeling, and to him who lacks fellow feeling, all men are strangers." (Chuang Tzu 23)
"Heaven is eternal and Earth everlasting. They can be eternal and everlasting because they do not exist for themselves, and for this reason can exist forever. Therefore the sage places himself in the background, but finds himself in the foreground. He puts himself away, and yet he always remains. Is it not because he has no personal interests? This is the reason why his personal interests are fulfilled." (Tao Te Ching 7)
"The sage has no interest of his own, but takes the interests of the people as his own. He is kind to the kind; he is also kind to the unkind: for Virtue is kind. He is faithful to the faithful; he is also faithful to the unfaithful: for Virtue is faithful." (Tao Te Ching: 49)
"Assist those in need and rescue those in danger. Regard your neighbor's gain as your own gain, and your neighbor's loss as your own loss." (T'ai-Shang Kan-Ying P'ien, Moral Injunctions: 205-228)
"Extend your help without seeking reward. Give to others and do not regret or begrudge your liberality." (T'ai-Shang Kan-Ying P'ien, Moral Injunctions: 253-262)
"Relieve people in distress as speedily as you must release a fish from a dry rill [lest he die]. Deliver people from danger as quickly as you must free a sparrow from a tight noose. Be compassionate to orphans and relieve widows. Respect the old and help the poor." (Yin Chih Wen)
"The sage does not accumulate for himself. The more he uses for others, the more he has himself. The more he gives to others, the more he possesses of his own. The Way of Heaven is to benefit others and not to injure. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete." (Tao Te Ching 81)
"The Great Man--his face and form blend with the Great Unity, the Great Unity which is selfless. Being selfless, how can he look upon possession as possession?" (Chuang Tzu 11)