A collection of ancient Chinese maxims to encourage good deeds (reposted)
In the beginning, people are inherently good by nature, similar in nature, and far apart in habits.
We are all brothers in the four seas, and we meet everywhere if we are destined to.
Be kind to others and help others.
It is most enjoyable to do good, but it is hard to escape doing evil.
The benevolent are invincible and the brave are fearless.
If you are not in debt, you will be at ease; if you do not do evil, you will be happy.
It is better to be kind and charitable, and to help those in need.
Always do good deeds wherever you are capable, and always have good intentions wherever you are deficient.
Poor people who lack food and clothing should be given warmth and care; widows, widowers, lonely and disabled people should be given more support.
Sweeping the floor may harm the lives of ants, but be careful about moths and gauze lampshades.
Don’t be jealous of others who have them, and don’t laugh at those who don’t have them.
If people do good deeds, God will bless them.
If people are good, although blessings have not yet come, disasters have been far away; if people have been evil, although misfortunes have not come, blessings have been far away.
Gold is not a treasure but a treasure book, and everything is empty, good and not empty.
Be a good person, your mind and body will be peaceful, your soul and dreams will be stable; do some good deeds, and God will know how to recognize ghosts and gods.
The whispers in the world are heard by the sky like thunder; in the dark room, the heart is broken, and the eyes of the gods are like lightning.
When people are evil, they are not afraid of God, but when people are kind, they are not afraid of God.
Don’t be enemies with villains, villains have their own enemies.
The strongest will be the strongest, and the wicked will be punished by the wicked.
There is no way for misfortunes and blessings, only people bring it on themselves.
Retribution for good and evil follows you like a shadow.
Good and evil will not be done in vain, and misfortunes and blessings will not occur randomly.
If you want to know things in the past, it is the recipients in this life; if you want to know things in the future, it is the doers in this life.
Good deeds will be rewarded with good deeds, and evil deeds will be rewarded with evil deeds. It is not that there will be no retribution. The time will not come, but when the time comes, everything will be repaid in full.
If you owe money, pay back money; if you owe life, pay back life.
Those who kill will die, and those who injure others will be punished.
It harms others and benefits oneself, and the body is inauspicious.
It starts by harming others and ends by harming yourself.
If you commit suicide by doing this, please enter the urn.