Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence.

Mencius

The Shortest Way To Benevolence

Topic: Virtue, Morality, & Ethics

“Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence.”

Mencius

Confucianism
The Mengzi

Wilson, Andrew, editor. World Scripture - a Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts. Paragon House, 1991, p. 114 [Mencius VII.A.4].

Mencius