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Analects 15.15

ConfucianismAnalects 15.15
The Master said, "He who requires much from himself and little from others, will keep himself from being the object of resentment."

子曰、躬自厚、而薄責於人、則遠怨矣。

The same idea in other traditions


JudaismLeviticus 19:18
Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
SikhismSGGS Ang 1427
One who is not affected by pleasure or pain, who looks upon friend and enemy alike - says Nanak, listen, mind: know that such a person is liberated.
SufismMasnavi, Book II, Story 7
Thou hast come to draw men to union with me, / Not to drive them far away from me. / So far as possible, engage not in dissevering; / 'The thing most repugnant to me is divorce.' …
HinduismBhagavad Gita 12.13-14
That devotee of mine, who hates no being, who is friendly and compassionate, who is free from egoism, and from (the idea that this or that is) mine, to whom happiness and misery are alike, who is forgiving, contented, constantly devoted, self-restrained, and firm in his determinations, and whose mind and understanding are devoted to me, he is dear to me.