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Christianity: Old Testament and New Testament
"Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things
that are God's."
University of Michigan: King James Bible: Mark 12:17
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=4520748
"Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small
as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the
judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto
me, and I will hear it. And I commanded you at that time all the things
which ye should do."
University of Michigan: King James Bible: Deuteronomy 1:17-18
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=741530
"And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that
he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is
before the priests the Levites: And it shall be with him, and he shall
read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the
LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes,
to do them: That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and
that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to
the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he,
and his children, in the midst of Israel."
University of Michigan: King James Bible: Deuteronomy 17:18-20
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=741530
"And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered
abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom;
and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's
laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them."
University of Michigan: King James Bible: Esther 3:8
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=2046938
"We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed,
but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not
destroyed"
University of Michigan: King James Bible: 2 Corinthians 4:8-9
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=5127486
"All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes,
the counsellers, and the captains, have consulted together to establish
a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask
a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king,
he shall be cast into the den of lions."
University of Michigan: King James Bible: Daniel 6:7
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=3297390
"Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance,
and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break
them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's
vessel. Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of
the earth."
University of Michigan: King James Bible: Psalms 2:8-10
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=2190116
"And this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite all the people
that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while
they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their
holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth."
University of Michigan: King James Bible: Zechariah 14:12
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=3492908
"Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power
but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God."
University of Michigan: King James Bible: Romans 13:1
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=5015363
"He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth
him hath mercy on the poor."
University of Michigan: King James Bible: Proverbs 14:31
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=2453471
"Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. Keep thee
far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not:
for I will not justify the wicked."
University of Michigan: King James Bible: Exodus 23:6-7
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=220736
"Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write
grievousness which they have prescribed; To turn aside the needy from
judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that
widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless! And what
will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall
come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave
your glory? Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they
shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away,
but his hand is stretched out still."
University of Michigan: King James Bible: Isaiah 10:1-4
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=2594466
"But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to
judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. And the LORD said unto Samuel,
Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for
they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not
reign over them. According to all the works which they have done since the
day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they
have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee. Now
therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto
them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them."
University of Michigan: King James Bible: 1 Samuel 8:6-9
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=1134457
"The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth
over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. And he shall be as
the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without
clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining
after rain."
University of Michigan: King James Bible: 2 Samuel 23:3-4
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=1275889
"Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as
fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them,
to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties,
and rulers of tens: And let them judge the people at all seasons: and
it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but
every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself,
and they shall bear the burden with thee."
University of Michigan: King James Bible: Exodus 18:21-22
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=220736
"The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but
he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days."
University of Michigan: King James Bible: Proverbs 28:16
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=2453471
"The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts
overthroweth it."
University of Michigan: King James Bible: Proverbs 29:4
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=2453471
"If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked."
University of Michigan: King James Bible: Proverbs 29:12
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=2453471
"The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be
established for ever."
University of Michigan: King James Bible: Proverbs 29:14
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=2453471
Judaism: Torah, Talmud (including Pirqe Aboth), Midrash, Kabbalah
"Love work; and hate lordship; and make not thyself known to the government."
sacred-texts.com: Pirqe Aboth (Sayings of the Jewish Fathers): Chapter 1
"On three things the world stands; on Judgment, and on Truth, and on Peace."
sacred-texts.com: Pirqe Aboth (Sayings of the Jewish Fathers): Chapter 1
"Be cautious with (those in) authority, for they let not a man approach
them but for their own purposes; and they appear like friends when it
is to their advantage, and stand not by a man in the hour of his need."
sacred-texts.com: Pirqe Aboth (Sayings of the Jewish Fathers): Chapter 2
"Pray for the peace of the kingdom, since but for fear thereof we had
swallowed up each his neighbour alive."
sacred-texts.com: Pirqe Aboth (Sayings of the Jewish Fathers): Chapter 3
"Whoso receives upon him the yokel, of Thorah, they remove from him the
yoke of royalty and the yoke of worldly care; and whoso breaks from him
the yoke of Thorah, they lay upon him the yoke of royalty and the yoke
of worldly care.
sacred-texts.com: Pirqe Aboth (Sayings of the Jewish Fathers): Chapter 3
"He that refrains himself from judgment, frees himself from enmity,
and rapine, and false swearing; and he that is arrogant in decision is
foolish, wicked, and puffed up in spirit."
sacred-texts.com: Pirqe Aboth (Sayings of the Jewish Fathers): Chapter 4
"There are three crowns: the crown of Thorah, and the crown of Priesthood,
and the crown of Royalty; but the crown of a good name mounts above them."
sacred-texts.com: Pirqe Aboth (Sayings of the Jewish Fathers): Chapter 4
"Greater is Thorah than the priesthood, and than the kingdom; for the
kingdom is acquired by thirty degrees, and the priesthood by four and
twenty, and the Thorah is acquired by forty and eight things."
sacred-texts.com: Pirqe Aboth (Sayings of the Jewish Fathers): Chapter 6
"If those who are in authority at present should be inferior men to those
who were in authority before them, one is not permitted to slight them
on that account, but is bound to pay them the tribute of respect due to
their position."
sacred-texts.com: Midrash Ecclesiastes
http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/tmm/tmm14.htm
"If the wind had unbridled sway no human being could stand against it,
but God limits its power so that it may not become injurious to mankind."
sacred-texts.com: Tales and Maxims From the Midrash: Midrash Ecclesiastes
http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/tmm/tmm14.htm
"The wise men answered, 'That you cannot reach, as it lies beyond the
dark mountains, which no human foot can traverse.' The king seemed to
be piqued by this, and said, 'I do not ask you whether I shall or can
traverse those mountains. My mind is made up, and there is no resistance
to my will. What I want to know is the best means known to man for
undertaking this formidable expedition.'"
sacred-texts.com: Tales and Maxims From the Midrash: Alexander of Macedon
"Hear, O Israel: thou art to pass over the Jordan this day, to go in to
dispossess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and
fortified up to heaven, a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim,
whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say: 'Who can stand before
the sons of Anak?' Know therefore this day, that the Lord thy God is He
who goeth over before thee as a devouring fire; He will destroy them,
and He will bring them down before thee; so shalt thou drive them out,
and make them to perish quickly, as the Lord hath spoken unto thee. Speak
not thou in thy heart, after that the Lord thy God hath thrust them out
from before thee, saying: 'For my righteousness the Lord hath brought
me in to possess this land'; whereas for the wickedness of these nations
the Lord doth drive them out from before thee. [...] Know therefore that
it is not for thy righteousness that the Lord thy God giveth thee this
good land to possess it; for thou art a stiffnecked people."
sacred-texts.com: Tanakh (Hebrew Bible): Deuteronomy: Chapter 9
"If the fox is king bow before him."
sacred-texts.com: Talmudic Extracts: Proverbial Sayings and Traditions
http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/hl/hl95.htm
"The soldiers fight, and the kings are heroes."
sacred-texts.com: Talmudic Extracts: Proverbial Sayings and Traditions
http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/hl/hl95.htm
"Thence we learn that unless the head (or ruling power, or government)
of a nation, whatever form of government it may happen to be, be first
properly constituted, that nation cannot be properly ruled. For if
the head be first disposed aright, then all things can be ordained,
but if that be not first disposed aright, neither can the nation be
governed aright."
sacred-texts.com: Kabbalah Denudata (The Kabbalah Unveiled): Chapter 26
http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/tku/tku34.htm
Islam: Koran, Hadith
"And of those whom We created there is a nation who guide with the Truth
and establish justice therewith."
sacred-texts.com: Koran: al-Araf, The Elevated Places
"Had it been possible for a Lecture to cause the mountains to move, or
the earth to be torn asunder, or the dead to speak, (this Qur'an would
have done so). Nay, but Allah's is the whole command. Do not those who
believe know that, had Allah willed, He could have guided all mankind ? As
for those who disbelieve, disaster ceaseth not to strike them because of
what they do, or it dwelleth near their home until the threat of Allah
come to pass."
sacred-texts.com: Koran: ar-Rad, The Thunder
"Obedience is due only in that which is good."
sacred-texts.com: Haddith: Chapter 31, The State
"And their rule is by counsel among themselves."
sacred-texts.com: Haddith: Chapter 31, The State
"O David! We have made thee a ruler in the land, so judge between people
with justice and do not follow (thy) desire."
sacred-texts.com: Haddith: Chapter 31, The State
"They said: How can he hold kingship over us while we have a greater
right to kingship than he, and he has not been granted abundance of
wealth. He said: Surely Allh has chosen him in preference to you, and
He has increased him abundantly in knowledge and physique."
sacred-texts.com: Haddith: Chapter 31, The State
"Hadith lays it down that government is needed for the good of the people,
the king or head of a state being as much responsible for the welfare
of the people whom he rules, as a father or mother for the welfare of
his or her children, or as a servant for the property entrusted to him."
sacred-texts.com: Haddith: Chapter 31, The State
"Every one of you is a ruler and every one of you shall be questioned
about those under his rule; the king is a ruler and he shall be questioned
about his subjects; and the man is a ruler in his family and he shall be
questioned about those under his care; and the woman is a ruler in the
house of her husband, and she shall be questioned about those under her
care; and the servant is a ruler so far as the property of his master
is concerned, and he shall be questioned about that which is entrusted
to him."
sacred-texts.com: Haddith: Chapter 31, The State
"He who dislikes an order of his amir should withhold himself from
opposition, for he who rebels against the king by a span dies the death
of jahiliyyah."
sacred-texts.com: Haddith: Chapter 31, The State
"The most excellent jihad is the uttering of truth in the presence of
an unjust ruler."
sacred-texts.com: Haddith: Chapter 31, The State
"There is not a man whom Allah grants to rule people, then he does not
manage their affairs for (their) good but he will not smell the sweet
odour of paradise."
sacred-texts.com: Haddith: Chapter 31, The State
"It is reported about 'Umar that when he appointed his governors, he laid
down upon them certain conditions: You shall not ride a horse that is
not of Arabian breed; you shall not eat bread made of fine flour; you
shall not wear fine clothes; and you shall not shut your doors against
the needs of the people.'"
sacred-texts.com: Haddith: Chapter 31, The State
"Allah has given orders to the rulers that they shall not follow their
low desires, and shall not fear people, and shall not take a small price
for Allah's injunctions."
sacred-texts.com: Haddith: Chapter 31, The State
"He said, How have you acted (In Iraq)? Do you apprehend that you may
have placed a burden on the land which it cannot bear? They said, We have
placed on it a burden which it can easily bear. Then Umar said, If Allah
keep me alive, I would certainly leave the widows of the people of Iraq so
(well-provided for) that they shall not need the help of any one after
me. And he said, To him who succeeds me, I enjoin as regards the early
Muhajirs that he shall respect their rights and protect their honour"
sacred-texts.com: Haddith: Chapter 31, The State
"And Allah willed that He should cause the Truth to triumph by His words,
and cut the root of the disbelievers; That He might cause the Truth to
triumph and bring vanity to naught, however much the guilty might oppose"
sacred-texts.com: Haddith: Chapter 31, The State
Hinduism: Mahabharata, Ramayana
"Like the ancient monarch Manu, father of the human race, Dasa-ratha
ruled his people with a father's loving grace, Truth and Justice swayed
each action and each baser motive quelled People's Love and Monarch's
Duty every thought and deed impelled"
sacred-texts.com: Ramayana: Book 1, The Bridal of Sita
http://www.sacred-texts.com.com/hin/dutt/rama01.htm
"Crowned kings our willing service and our faithful duty own,
Dearest song they disinherit, cherish strangers near the throne!
Bharat's will with deep devotion and with faultless faith obey,
Truth and virtue on thy bosom ever hold their gentle sway"
sacred-texts.com: Ramayana: Book 3, The Death of the King
"Tend the herdsman and his cattle, tend the tiller of the soil,
Watch and help with all thy bounty workmen in their peaceful toil,
For the monarch's highest duty is to serve his people's weal
And the ruler's richest glory is to labour and to heal!"
sacred-texts.com: Ramayana: Book 4, The Meeting of the Brothers
http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/dutt/rama04.htm
"Sweep aside thy crafty reasoning, Truth is still our ancient way,
Truth sustains the earth and nations and a monarch's righteous sway"
sacred-texts.com: Ramayana: Book 4, The Meeting of the Brothers
http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/dutt/rama04.htm
"Wisest monarchs act on counsel from his men for wisdom known,
Next are they who in their wisdom and their daring act alone,
Last, unwisest are the monarchs who nor death nor danger weigh,
Think not, ask not friendly counsel, by their passions borne away!"
sacred-texts.com: Ramayana: Book 9, Ravana-Sabha
http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/dutt/rama09.htm
"Word of wisdom timely spoken saves from death and dangers dire,
Vain is grief for crime committed,--offerings to unholy fire,
Vain is hero's worth or valour if by foolish counsel led,
Toil and labour fail and perish save when unto wisdom wed"
sacred-texts.com: Ramayana: Book 9, Ravana-Sabha
http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/dutt/rama09.htm
"And then, O tiger among kings, the celestials had their births, according
as they pleased, in the races of Brahmarshis and royal sages."
sacred-texts.com: Mahabharata, Book 1: Adi Parva, Section 65: Sambhava Parva
http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m01/m01066.htm
"Mark! the warrior young and valiant, peerless in his skill of arms,
Mark! the prince of stainless virtue, decked with grace and varied charms!"
sacred-texts.com: Mahabharata, Book 1: The Tournament
http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/dutt/maha01.htm
"He to honoured kings and chieftains with a royal grace assigned
Palaces with sparkling waters and with trees umbrageous lined,
Honoured thus, the mighty monarchs lived in mansions milky white,
Like the peaks of famed Kailasa lifting proud their snowy height!"
sacred-texts.com: Mahabharata, Book 3: The Imperial Sacrifice
http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/dutt/maha03.htm
"Honoured elders, righteous nobles, have on me protection given,
Tremble sinner, seek no mercy from the wrathful gods in heaven!"
sacred-texts.com: Mahabharata, Book 4: The Fatal Dice
http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/dutt/maha04.htm
"For he swerveth not from duty kingdom of the sky to win,
Prizeth hamlet more than empire, so his course be free from sin"
sacred-texts.com: Mahabharata, Book 7: The Council of War
"Doth a secret love for Pandavs quell our leader's matchless might,
With a halting zeal for Kurus doth the noble Bhishma fight?"
sacred-texts.com: Mahabharata, Book 8: Fall of Bhishma
"Monarch's empire, victor's glory, all the treasures earth can yield,
Righteous bliss and heavenly gladness, harvest of the heavenly field,
All that wish can shape and utter, all that nourish hope and pride,
All were ours, O noble Karna, hadst thou rested by our side"
sacred-texts.com: Mahabharata, Book 11: Funeral Rites
"And the concourse of the monarchs grace Yudhishthir's regal might,
As the stars and radiant planets grace the stillness of the night!"
sacred-texts.com: Mahabharata, Book 12: Sacrifice of the Horse
"The Brahmana said, 'There are three foes in the world. They are said to
be ninefold, agreeably to their qualities. Exultation, satisfaction,
and joy,--these three qualities appertain to Goodness. Cupidity,
wrath, and hatred, these three qualities are said to appertain to
Passion. Lassitude, procrastination, and delusion, these three qualities
appertain to darkness. Cutting these with showers of arrows, the man of
intelligence, free from procrastination, possessed of a tranquil soul,
and with his senses under subjection, ventures to vanquish others."
sacred-texts.com: Mahabharata, Book 14: Aswamedha Parva, Section 31
Buddhism: various texts
"And the prince said to his father: 'Invite our kinsfolk that they
may see me and put my strength to the test.' And his father did as
his son bade him. When the kinsfolk came, and the people of the city
Kapilavatthu had assembled to test the prowess and scholarship of the
prince, he proved himself manly in all the exercises both of the body
and of the mind, and there was no rival among the youths and men of
India who could surpass him in any test, bodily or mental. He replied
to all the questions of the sages; but when he questioned them, even
the wisest among them were silenced."
sacred-texts.com: Buddha, The Gospel: The Ties of Life
http://sacred-texts.com/bud/btg/btg06.htm
"'O samana, thy hands are fit to grasp the reins of an empire and
should not hold a beggar's bowl. I am sorry to see thee wasting thy
youth. Believing that thou art of royal descent, I invite thee to join me
in the government of my country and share my royal power. Desire for power
is becoming to the noble-minded, and wealth should not be despised. To
grow rich and lose religion is not true gain. But he who possesses all
three, power, wealth, and religion, enjoying them in discretion and with
wisdom, him I call a great master.'"
sacred-texts.com: Buddha, The Gospel: King Bimbisara
http://sacred-texts.com/bud/btg/btg09.htm
"The holy Buddha replied: 'I have obtained deliverance by the extinction
of self. My body is chastened, my mind is free from desire, and the
deepest truth has taken abode in my heart. I have obtained Nirvana,
and this is the reason that my countenance is serene and my eyes are
bright. I now desire to found the kingdom of truth upon earth, to give
light to those who are enshrouded in darkness and to open the gate of
deathlessness.' Upaka replied: 'Thou professest then, friend, to be
Jina, the conqueror of the world, the absolute one and the holy one.'
The Blessed One said: 'Jinas are all those who have conquered self and
the passions of self; those alone are victorious who control their minds
and abstain from evil. Therefore, Upaka, I am the Jina.'"
sacred-texts.com: Buddha, The Gospel: Founding the Kingdom
http://sacred-texts.com/bud/btg/btg16.htm
"It is not life and wealth and power that enslave men, but the cleaving
to life and wealth and power."
sacred-texts.com: Buddha, The Gospel: Anathapindika, The Man of Wealth
http://sacred-texts.com/bud/btg/btg24.htm
"The bhikkhus came to the Blessed One, and having saluted him with
clasped hands they said: 'O Master, thou all-seeing one, we all wish
to learn; our ears are ready to hear, thou art our teacher, thou art
incomparable. Cut off our doubt, inform us of the blessed Dharma, O
thou of great understanding; speak in the midst of us, O thou who art
all-seeing, as is the thousand-eyed Lord of the gods. We will ask the
muni of great understanding, who has crossed the stream, gone to the
other shore, is blessed and of a firm mind: How does a bhikkhu wander
rightly in the world, after having gone out from his house and driven
away desire?' The Buddha said: 'Let the bhikkhu subdue his passion
for human and celestial pleasures, then, having conquered existence,
he will command the Dhartna.'"
sacred-texts.com: Buddha, The Gospel: Words of Instruction
http://sacred-texts.com/bud/btg/btg60.htm
"And, finally, it is the consciousness that the disciple is possessed
of faith in the order, believing in the efficacy of a union among those
men and women who are anxious to walk in the noble eightfold path;
believing this church of the Buddha, of the righteous, the upright, the
just, the law abiding, to be worthy of honor, of hospitality, of gifts,
and of reverence; to be the supreme sowing-ground of merit for the world;
to be possessed of the virtues beloved by the good, virtues unbroken,
intact, unspotted, unblemished, virtues which make men truly free, virtues
which are praised by the wise, are untarnished by the desire of selfish
aims, either now or in a future life, or by the belief in the efficacy
of outward acts, and are conducive to high and holy thought. This is the
mirror of truth which teaches the straightest way to enlightenment which
is the common goal of all living creatures. He who possesses the mirror
of truth is free from fear; he will find comfort in the tribulations of
life, and his life will be a blessing to all his fellow-creatures."
sacred-texts.com: Buddha, The Gospel: The Mirror of Truth
http://sacred-texts.com/bud/btg/btg92.htm
"When the learned man drives away vanity by earnestness, he, the wise,
climbing the terraced heights of wisdom, looks down upon the fools,
serene he looks upon the toiling crowd, as one that stands on a mountain
looks down upon them that stand upon the plain."
sacred-texts.com: The Dhammapada: Chapter 2, On Earnestness
http://sacred-texts.com/bud/sbe10/sbe1004.htm
"If one man conquer in battle a thousand times thousand men, and if
another conquer himself, he is the greatest of conquerors."
sacred-texts.com: The Dhammapada: Chapter 8, The Thousands
http://sacred-texts.com/bud/sbe10/sbe1010.htm
"Let a man leave anger, let him forsake pride, let him overcome all
bondage! No sufferings befall the man who is not attached to name and
form, and who calls nothing his own. He who holds back rising anger
like a rolling chariot, him I call a real driver; other people are but
holding the reins."
sacred-texts.com: The Dhammapada: Chapter 17, Anger
"Thus spake the Great King of Glory: 'Ye shall slay no living thing.
Ye shall not take that which has not been given. Ye shall not act wrongly
touching the bodily desires. Ye shall speak no lie. Ye shall drink no
maddening drink. Ye shall eat as ye have eaten.' Then, Ânanda, all the
rival kings in the region of the East became subject unto the Great King
of Glory."
sacred-texts.com: Maha-Sudassana Sutta
http://sacred-texts.com/bud/sbe11/sbe1108.htm
"Now I call to mind, Ananda, how in this spot my body had been six
times buried. And when I was dwelling here as the righteous king who
ruled in righteousness, the lord of the four regions of the earth, the
conqueror, the protector of his people, the possessor of the seven royal
treasures--that was the seventh time. But I behold not any spot, Ananda,
in the world of men and gods, nor in the world of Mara, nor in the world
of Brahma,--no, not among the race of Samanas or Brahmans, of gods or
men,--where the Tathagata for the eighth time will lay aside his body."
sacred-texts.com: Maha-Sudassana Sutta
http://sacred-texts.com/bud/sbe11/sbe1108.htm
"'Suppose, O king, a king had four chief ministers, faithful, famous,
trustworthy, placed in high positions of authority. And the king, on
some emergency arising, were to issue to them an order touching all the
people in his realm, saying: "Let all now pay up a tax, and do you, as my
four officers, carry out what is necessary in this emergency." Now tell
me, O king, would the tremor which comes from fear of taxation arise in
the hearts of those ministers?' 'No, Sir, it would not.' 'But why not?'
'They have been appointed by the king to high office. Taxation does not
affect them, they are beyond taxation. It was the rest that the king
referred to when he gave the order: [147] "Let all pay tax."'"
sacred-texts.com: The Questions of King Milinda: Book 4: Chapter 2
http://sacred-texts.com/bud/sbe35/sbe3513.htm
"'Cease, O noblest of men, thy grief, regain thy firmness,--surely
thou wilt not, O firm hero, shed tears like one of no self-control';
many kings on this earth have gone into the forests, throwing away their
royal pomp like a crushed wreath."
sacred-texts.com: The Buddha-karita of Asvaghosha: Book 8
http://sacred-texts.com/bud/sbe49/sbe4910.htm
"Such is that purpose of his, that heroic effort, that glorious strength,
that compassion for all beings,--until he attains the highest wisdom,
he will never rise from his seat, just as the sun does not rise, without
dispelling the darkness. One who rubs the two pieces of wood obtains
the fire, one who digs the earth finds at last the water,--and to him
in his perseverance there is nothing unattainable,--all things to him
are reasonable and possible."
sacred-texts.com: The Buddha-karita of Asvaghosha: Book 13
http://sacred-texts.com/bud/sbe49/sbe4915.htm
"Evil persons should be brought under control.
The wise should be reverenced.
Fill your treasury with honest deeds
(And) protect your own countrymen."
sacred-texts.com: Dong-bu (The Tree of Wisdom)
http://sacred-texts.com/bud/srdb/srdb.htm
"He who preaches at the timely season
And speaks when opportunity arises
Will be very much remarked
And obtain worldly greatness."
sacred-texts.com: Dong-bu (The Tree of Wisdom)
http://sacred-texts.com/bud/srdb/srdb.htm
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Tao: Tao Te Ching
"The softest thing in the world dashes against and overcomes the
hardest; that which has no (substantial) existence enters where there
is no crevice. I know hereby what advantage belongs to doing nothing
(with a purpose)."
sacred-texts.com: Tao Te Ching: Chapter 43
http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/taote.htm
"Not to value and employ men of superior ability is the way to keep
the people from rivalry among themselves; not to prize articles which
are difficult to procure is the way to keep them from becoming thieves;
not to show them what is likely to excite their desires is the way to
keep their minds from disorder. Therefore the sage, in the exercise of
his government, empties their minds, fills their bellies, weakens their
wills, and strengthens their bones."
sacred-texts.com: Tao Te Ching: Chapter 3
"Heaven and earth do not act from (the impulse of) any wish to be
benevolent; they deal with all things as the dogs of grass are dealt
with. The sages do not act from (any wish to be) benevolent; they deal
with the people as the dogs of grass are dealt with."
sacred-texts.com: Tao Te Ching: Chapter 5
"In loving the people and ruling the state, cannot he proceed without any
(purpose of) action?"
sacred-texts.com: Tao Te Ching: Chapter 10
"(The Tao) produces (all things) and nourishes them; it produces them
and does not claim them as its own; it does all, and yet does not boast
of it; it presides over all, and yet does not control them."
sacred-texts.com: Tao Te Ching: Chapter 10
"Therefore he who would administer the kingdom, honouring it as he
honours his own person, may be employed to govern it, and he who would
administer it with the love which he bears to his own person may be
entrusted with it."
sacred-texts.com: Tao Te Ching: Chapter 13
"In the highest antiquity, (the people) did not know that there were
(their rulers). In the next age they loved them and praised them. In the
next they feared them; in the next they despised them. Thus it was that
when faith (in the Tao) was deficient (in the rulers) a want of faith
in them ensued (in the people)."
sacred-texts.com: Tao Te Ching: Chapter 17
"If we could renounce our sageness and discard our wisdom, it would be
better for the people a hundredfold. If we could renounce our benevolence
and discard our righteousness, the people would again become filial and
kindly. If we could renounce our artful contrivances and discard our
(scheming for) gain, there would be no thieves nor robbers. Those three
methods (of government) Thought olden ways in elegance did fail And made
these names their want of worth to veil; But simple views, and courses
plain and true Would selfish ends and many lusts eschew."
sacred-texts.com: Tao Te Ching: Chapter 19
"The sage, when employed, becomes the Head of all the Officers (of
government); and in his greatest regulations he employs no violent
measures."
sacred-texts.com: Tao Te Ching: Chapter 28
"The kingdom is a spirit-like thing, and cannot be got by active
doing. He who would so win it destroys it; he who would hold it in his
grasp loses it."
sacred-texts.com: Tao Te Ching: Chapter 29
"He who would assist a lord of men in harmony with the Tao will not
assert his mastery in the kingdom by force of arms. Such a course is
sure to meet with its proper return."
sacred-texts.com: Tao Te Ching: Chapter 30
"Those sharp weapons are instruments of evil omen, and not the
instruments of the superior man;--he uses them only on the compulsion of
necessity. Calm and repose are what he prizes; victory (by force of arms)
is to him undesirable. To consider this desirable would be to delight
in the slaughter of men; and he who delights in the slaughter of men
cannot get his will in the kingdom."
sacred-texts.com: Tao Te Ching: Chapter 31: Chapter 31: Chapter 31:
Chapter 31: Chapter 31
"The Tao, considered as unchanging, has no name. Though in its primordial
simplicity it may be small, the whole world dares not deal with (one
embodying) it as a minister. If a feudal prince or the king could guard
and hold it, all would spontaneously submit themselves to him."
sacred-texts.com: Tao Te Ching: Chapter 32
"Fishes should not be taken from the deep; instruments for the profit
of a state should not be shown to the people."
sacred-texts.com: Tao Te Ching: Chapter 36
"The sage has no invariable mind of his own; he makes the mind of the
people his mind."
sacred-texts.com: Tao Te Ching: Chapter 49
http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/taote.htm
"The sage has in the world an appearance of indecision, and keeps his
mind in a state of indifference to all. The people all keep their eyes
and ears directed to him, and he deals with them all as his children."
sacred-texts.com: Tao Te Ching: Chapter 49
http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/taote.htm
"It is the way of Heaven not to strive, and yet it skilfully overcomes;
not to speak, and yet it is skilful in (obtaining a reply; does not call,
and yet men come to it of themselves. Its demonstrations are quiet,
and yet its plans are skilful and effective. The meshes of the net of
Heaven are large; far apart, but letting nothing escape."
sacred-texts.com: Tao Te Ching: Chapter 73
http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/taote.htm
"The people are difficult to govern because of the (excessive) agency
of their superiors (in governing them). It is through this that they
are difficult to govern."
sacred-texts.com: Tao Te Ching: Chapter 75
http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/taote.htm
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Christianity: Old Testament and New Testament
"Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things
that are God's."
University of Michigan: King James Bible: Mark 12:17
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=4520748
"Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small
as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the
judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto
me, and I will hear it. And I commanded you at that time all the things
which ye should do."
University of Michigan: King James Bible: Deuteronomy 1:17-18
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=741530
"And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that
he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is
before the priests the Levites: And it shall be with him, and he shall
read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the
LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes,
to do them: That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and
that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to
the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he,
and his children, in the midst of Israel."
University of Michigan: King James Bible: Deuteronomy 17:18-20
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=741530
"And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered
abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom;
and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's
laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them."
University of Michigan: King James Bible: Esther 3:8
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=2046938
"We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed,
but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not
destroyed"
University of Michigan: King James Bible: 2 Corinthians 4:8-9
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=5127486
"All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes,
the counsellers, and the captains, have consulted together to establish
a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask
a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king,
he shall be cast into the den of lions."
University of Michigan: King James Bible: Daniel 6:7
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=3297390
"Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance,
and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break
them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's
vessel. Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of
the earth."
University of Michigan: King James Bible: Psalms 2:8-10
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=2190116
"And this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite all the people
that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while
they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their
holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth."
University of Michigan: King James Bible: Zechariah 14:12
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=3492908
"Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power
but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God."
University of Michigan: King James Bible: Romans 13:1
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=5015363
"He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth
him hath mercy on the poor."
University of Michigan: King James Bible: Proverbs 14:31
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=2453471
"Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. Keep thee
far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not:
for I will not justify the wicked."
University of Michigan: King James Bible: Exodus 23:6-7
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=220736
"Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write
grievousness which they have prescribed; To turn aside the needy from
judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that
widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless! And what
will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall
come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave
your glory? Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they
shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away,
but his hand is stretched out still."
University of Michigan: King James Bible: Isaiah 10:1-4
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=2594466
"But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to
judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. And the LORD said unto Samuel,
Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for
they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not
reign over them. According to all the works which they have done since the
day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they
have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee. Now
therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto
them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them."
University of Michigan: King James Bible: 1 Samuel 8:6-9
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=1134457
"The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth
over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. And he shall be as
the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without
clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining
after rain."
University of Michigan: King James Bible: 2 Samuel 23:3-4
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=1275889
"Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as
fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them,
to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties,
and rulers of tens: And let them judge the people at all seasons: and
it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but
every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself,
and they shall bear the burden with thee."
University of Michigan: King James Bible: Exodus 18:21-22
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=220736
"The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but
he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days."
University of Michigan: King James Bible: Proverbs 28:16
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=2453471
"The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts
overthroweth it."
University of Michigan: King James Bible: Proverbs 29:4
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=2453471
"If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked."
University of Michigan: King James Bible: Proverbs 29:12
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=2453471
"The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be
established for ever."
University of Michigan: King James Bible: Proverbs 29:14
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=2453471
Judaism: Torah, Talmud (including Pirqe Aboth), Midrash, Kabbalah
"Love work; and hate lordship; and make not thyself known to the government."
sacred-texts.com: Pirqe Aboth (Sayings of the Jewish Fathers): Chapter 1
http://sacred-texts.com/jud/sjf/sjf03.htm
"On three things the world stands; on Judgment, and on Truth, and on Peace."
sacred-texts.com: Pirqe Aboth (Sayings of the Jewish Fathers): Chapter 1
http://sacred-texts.com/jud/sjf/sjf03.htm
"Be cautious with (those in) authority, for they let not a man approach
them but for their own purposes; and they appear like friends when it
is to their advantage, and stand not by a man in the hour of his need."
sacred-texts.com: Pirqe Aboth (Sayings of the Jewish Fathers): Chapter 2
http://sacred-texts.com/jud/sjf/sjf04.htm
"Pray for the peace of the kingdom, since but for fear thereof we had
swallowed up each his neighbour alive."
sacred-texts.com: Pirqe Aboth (Sayings of the Jewish Fathers): Chapter 3
http://sacred-texts.com/jud/sjf/sjf05.htm
"Whoso receives upon him the yokel, of Thorah, they remove from him the
yoke of royalty and the yoke of worldly care; and whoso breaks from him
the yoke of Thorah, they lay upon him the yoke of royalty and the yoke
of worldly care.
sacred-texts.com: Pirqe Aboth (Sayings of the Jewish Fathers): Chapter 3
http://sacred-texts.com/jud/sjf/sjf05.htm
"He that refrains himself from judgment, frees himself from enmity,
and rapine, and false swearing; and he that is arrogant in decision is
foolish, wicked, and puffed up in spirit."
sacred-texts.com: Pirqe Aboth (Sayings of the Jewish Fathers): Chapter 4
http://sacred-texts.com/jud/sjf/sjf06.htm
"There are three crowns: the crown of Thorah, and the crown of Priesthood,
and the crown of Royalty; but the crown of a good name mounts above them."
sacred-texts.com: Pirqe Aboth (Sayings of the Jewish Fathers): Chapter 4
http://sacred-texts.com/jud/sjf/sjf06.htm
"Greater is Thorah than the priesthood, and than the kingdom; for the
kingdom is acquired by thirty degrees, and the priesthood by four and
twenty, and the Thorah is acquired by forty and eight things."
sacred-texts.com: Pirqe Aboth (Sayings of the Jewish Fathers): Chapter 6
http://sacred-texts.com/jud/sjf/sjf08.htm
"If those who are in authority at present should be inferior men to those
who were in authority before them, one is not permitted to slight them
on that account, but is bound to pay them the tribute of respect due to
their position."
sacred-texts.com: Midrash Ecclesiastes
http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/tmm/tmm14.htm
"If the wind had unbridled sway no human being could stand against it,
but God limits its power so that it may not become injurious to mankind."
sacred-texts.com: Tales and Maxims From the Midrash: Midrash Ecclesiastes
http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/tmm/tmm14.htm
"The wise men answered, 'That you cannot reach, as it lies beyond the
dark mountains, which no human foot can traverse.' The king seemed to
be piqued by this, and said, 'I do not ask you whether I shall or can
traverse those mountains. My mind is made up, and there is no resistance
to my will. What I want to know is the best means known to man for
undertaking this formidable expedition.'"
sacred-texts.com: Tales and Maxims From the Midrash: Alexander of Macedon
http://sacred-texts.com/jud/tmm/tmm03.htm
"Hear, O Israel: thou art to pass over the Jordan this day, to go in to
dispossess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and
fortified up to heaven, a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim,
whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say: 'Who can stand before
the sons of Anak?' Know therefore this day, that the Lord thy God is He
who goeth over before thee as a devouring fire; He will destroy them,
and He will bring them down before thee; so shalt thou drive them out,
and make them to perish quickly, as the Lord hath spoken unto thee. Speak
not thou in thy heart, after that the Lord thy God hath thrust them out
from before thee, saying: 'For my righteousness the Lord hath brought
me in to possess this land'; whereas for the wickedness of these nations
the Lord doth drive them out from before thee. [...] Know therefore that
it is not for thy righteousness that the Lord thy God giveth thee this
good land to possess it; for thou art a stiffnecked people."
sacred-texts.com: Tanakh (Hebrew Bible): Deuteronomy: Chapter 9
http://sacred-texts.com/bib/jps/deu009.htm
"If the fox is king bow before him."
sacred-texts.com: Talmudic Extracts: Proverbial Sayings and Traditions
http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/hl/hl95.htm
"The soldiers fight, and the kings are heroes."
sacred-texts.com: Talmudic Extracts: Proverbial Sayings and Traditions
http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/hl/hl95.htm
"Thence we learn that unless the head (or ruling power, or government)
of a nation, whatever form of government it may happen to be, be first
properly constituted, that nation cannot be properly ruled. For if
the head be first disposed aright, then all things can be ordained,
but if that be not first disposed aright, neither can the nation be
governed aright."
sacred-texts.com: Kabbalah Denudata (The Kabbalah Unveiled): Chapter 26
http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/tku/tku34.htm
Islam: Koran, Hadith
"And of those whom We created there is a nation who guide with the Truth
and establish justice therewith."
sacred-texts.com: Koran: al-Araf, The Elevated Places
http://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/007.htm
"Had it been possible for a Lecture to cause the mountains to move, or
the earth to be torn asunder, or the dead to speak, (this Qur'an would
have done so). Nay, but Allah's is the whole command. Do not those who
believe know that, had Allah willed, He could have guided all mankind ? As
for those who disbelieve, disaster ceaseth not to strike them because of
what they do, or it dwelleth near their home until the threat of Allah
come to pass."
sacred-texts.com: Koran: ar-Rad, The Thunder
http://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/013.htm
"Obedience is due only in that which is good."
sacred-texts.com: Haddith: Chapter 31, The State
http://sacred-texts.com/isl/hadith/had34.htm
"And their rule is by counsel among themselves."
sacred-texts.com: Haddith: Chapter 31, The State
http://sacred-texts.com/isl/hadith/had34.htm
"O David! We have made thee a ruler in the land, so judge between people
with justice and do not follow (thy) desire."
sacred-texts.com: Haddith: Chapter 31, The State
http://sacred-texts.com/isl/hadith/had34.htm
"They said: How can he hold kingship over us while we have a greater
right to kingship than he, and he has not been granted abundance of
wealth. He said: Surely Allh has chosen him in preference to you, and
He has increased him abundantly in knowledge and physique."
sacred-texts.com: Haddith: Chapter 31, The State
http://sacred-texts.com/isl/hadith/had34.htm
"Hadith lays it down that government is needed for the good of the people,
the king or head of a state being as much responsible for the welfare
of the people whom he rules, as a father or mother for the welfare of
his or her children, or as a servant for the property entrusted to him."
sacred-texts.com: Haddith: Chapter 31, The State
http://sacred-texts.com/isl/hadith/had34.htm
"Every one of you is a ruler and every one of you shall be questioned
about those under his rule; the king is a ruler and he shall be questioned
about his subjects; and the man is a ruler in his family and he shall be
questioned about those under his care; and the woman is a ruler in the
house of her husband, and she shall be questioned about those under her
care; and the servant is a ruler so far as the property of his master
is concerned, and he shall be questioned about that which is entrusted
to him."
sacred-texts.com: Haddith: Chapter 31, The State
http://sacred-texts.com/isl/hadith/had34.htm
"He who dislikes an order of his amir should withhold himself from
opposition, for he who rebels against the king by a span dies the death
of jahiliyyah."
sacred-texts.com: Haddith: Chapter 31, The State
http://sacred-texts.com/isl/hadith/had34.htm
"The most excellent jihad is the uttering of truth in the presence of
an unjust ruler."
sacred-texts.com: Haddith: Chapter 31, The State
http://sacred-texts.com/isl/hadith/had34.htm
"There is not a man whom Allah grants to rule people, then he does not
manage their affairs for (their) good but he will not smell the sweet
odour of paradise."
sacred-texts.com: Haddith: Chapter 31, The State
http://sacred-texts.com/isl/hadith/had34.htm
"It is reported about 'Umar that when he appointed his governors, he laid
down upon them certain conditions: You shall not ride a horse that is
not of Arabian breed; you shall not eat bread made of fine flour; you
shall not wear fine clothes; and you shall not shut your doors against
the needs of the people.'"
sacred-texts.com: Haddith: Chapter 31, The State
http://sacred-texts.com/isl/hadith/had34.htm
"Allah has given orders to the rulers that they shall not follow their
low desires, and shall not fear people, and shall not take a small price
for Allah's injunctions."
sacred-texts.com: Haddith: Chapter 31, The State
http://sacred-texts.com/isl/hadith/had34.htm
"He said, How have you acted (In Iraq)? Do you apprehend that you may
have placed a burden on the land which it cannot bear? They said, We have
placed on it a burden which it can easily bear. Then Umar said, If Allah
keep me alive, I would certainly leave the widows of the people of Iraq so
(well-provided for) that they shall not need the help of any one after
me. And he said, To him who succeeds me, I enjoin as regards the early
Muhajirs that he shall respect their rights and protect their honour"
sacred-texts.com: Haddith: Chapter 31, The State
http://sacred-texts.com/isl/hadith/had34.htm
"And Allah willed that He should cause the Truth to triumph by His words,
and cut the root of the disbelievers; That He might cause the Truth to
triumph and bring vanity to naught, however much the guilty might oppose"
sacred-texts.com: Haddith: Chapter 31, The State
http://sacred-texts.com/isl/hadith/had34.htm
Hinduism: Mahabharata, Ramayana
"Like the ancient monarch Manu, father of the human race, Dasa-ratha
ruled his people with a father's loving grace, Truth and Justice swayed
each action and each baser motive quelled People's Love and Monarch's
Duty every thought and deed impelled"
sacred-texts.com: Ramayana: Book 1, The Bridal of Sita
http://www.sacred-texts.com.com/hin/dutt/rama01.htm
"Crowned kings our willing service and our faithful duty own,
Dearest song they disinherit, cherish strangers near the throne!
Bharat's will with deep devotion and with faultless faith obey,
Truth and virtue on thy bosom ever hold their gentle sway"
sacred-texts.com: Ramayana: Book 3, The Death of the King
http://sacred-texts.com/hin/dutt/rama03.htm
"Tend the herdsman and his cattle, tend the tiller of the soil,
Watch and help with all thy bounty workmen in their peaceful toil,
For the monarch's highest duty is to serve his people's weal
And the ruler's richest glory is to labour and to heal!"
sacred-texts.com: Ramayana: Book 4, The Meeting of the Brothers
http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/dutt/rama04.htm
"Sweep aside thy crafty reasoning, Truth is still our ancient way,
Truth sustains the earth and nations and a monarch's righteous sway"
sacred-texts.com: Ramayana: Book 4, The Meeting of the Brothers
http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/dutt/rama04.htm
"Wisest monarchs act on counsel from his men for wisdom known,
Next are they who in their wisdom and their daring act alone,
Last, unwisest are the monarchs who nor death nor danger weigh,
Think not, ask not friendly counsel, by their passions borne away!"
sacred-texts.com: Ramayana: Book 9, Ravana-Sabha
http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/dutt/rama09.htm
"Word of wisdom timely spoken saves from death and dangers dire,
Vain is grief for crime committed,--offerings to unholy fire,
Vain is hero's worth or valour if by foolish counsel led,
Toil and labour fail and perish save when unto wisdom wed"
sacred-texts.com: Ramayana: Book 9, Ravana-Sabha
http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/dutt/rama09.htm
"And then, O tiger among kings, the celestials had their births, according
as they pleased, in the races of Brahmarshis and royal sages."
sacred-texts.com: Mahabharata, Book 1: Adi Parva, Section 65: Sambhava Parva
http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m01/m01066.htm
"Mark! the warrior young and valiant, peerless in his skill of arms,
Mark! the prince of stainless virtue, decked with grace and varied charms!"
sacred-texts.com: Mahabharata, Book 1: The Tournament
http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/dutt/maha01.htm
"He to honoured kings and chieftains with a royal grace assigned
Palaces with sparkling waters and with trees umbrageous lined,
Honoured thus, the mighty monarchs lived in mansions milky white,
Like the peaks of famed Kailasa lifting proud their snowy height!"
sacred-texts.com: Mahabharata, Book 3: The Imperial Sacrifice
http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/dutt/maha03.htm
"Honoured elders, righteous nobles, have on me protection given,
Tremble sinner, seek no mercy from the wrathful gods in heaven!"
sacred-texts.com: Mahabharata, Book 4: The Fatal Dice
http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/dutt/maha04.htm
"For he swerveth not from duty kingdom of the sky to win,
Prizeth hamlet more than empire, so his course be free from sin"
sacred-texts.com: Mahabharata, Book 7: The Council of War
http://sacred-texts.com/hin/dutt/maha07.htm
"Doth a secret love for Pandavs quell our leader's matchless might,
With a halting zeal for Kurus doth the noble Bhishma fight?"
sacred-texts.com: Mahabharata, Book 8: Fall of Bhishma
http://sacred-texts.com/hin/dutt/maha08.htm
"Monarch's empire, victor's glory, all the treasures earth can yield,
Righteous bliss and heavenly gladness, harvest of the heavenly field,
All that wish can shape and utter, all that nourish hope and pride,
All were ours, O noble Karna, hadst thou rested by our side"
sacred-texts.com: Mahabharata, Book 11: Funeral Rites
http://sacred-texts.com/hin/dutt/maha11.htm
"And the concourse of the monarchs grace Yudhishthir's regal might,
As the stars and radiant planets grace the stillness of the night!"
sacred-texts.com: Mahabharata, Book 12: Sacrifice of the Horse
http://sacred-texts.com/hin/dutt/maha12.htm
"The Brahmana said, 'There are three foes in the world. They are said to
be ninefold, agreeably to their qualities. Exultation, satisfaction,
and joy,--these three qualities appertain to Goodness. Cupidity,
wrath, and hatred, these three qualities are said to appertain to
Passion. Lassitude, procrastination, and delusion, these three qualities
appertain to darkness. Cutting these with showers of arrows, the man of
intelligence, free from procrastination, possessed of a tranquil soul,
and with his senses under subjection, ventures to vanquish others."
sacred-texts.com: Mahabharata, Book 14: Aswamedha Parva, Section 31
http://sacred-texts.com/hin/m14/m14031.htm
Buddhism: various texts
"And the prince said to his father: 'Invite our kinsfolk that they
may see me and put my strength to the test.' And his father did as
his son bade him. When the kinsfolk came, and the people of the city
Kapilavatthu had assembled to test the prowess and scholarship of the
prince, he proved himself manly in all the exercises both of the body
and of the mind, and there was no rival among the youths and men of
India who could surpass him in any test, bodily or mental. He replied
to all the questions of the sages; but when he questioned them, even
the wisest among them were silenced."
sacred-texts.com: Buddha, The Gospel: The Ties of Life
http://sacred-texts.com/bud/btg/btg06.htm
"'O samana, thy hands are fit to grasp the reins of an empire and
should not hold a beggar's bowl. I am sorry to see thee wasting thy
youth. Believing that thou art of royal descent, I invite thee to join me
in the government of my country and share my royal power. Desire for power
is becoming to the noble-minded, and wealth should not be despised. To
grow rich and lose religion is not true gain. But he who possesses all
three, power, wealth, and religion, enjoying them in discretion and with
wisdom, him I call a great master.'"
sacred-texts.com: Buddha, The Gospel: King Bimbisara
http://sacred-texts.com/bud/btg/btg09.htm
"The holy Buddha replied: 'I have obtained deliverance by the extinction
of self. My body is chastened, my mind is free from desire, and the
deepest truth has taken abode in my heart. I have obtained Nirvana,
and this is the reason that my countenance is serene and my eyes are
bright. I now desire to found the kingdom of truth upon earth, to give
light to those who are enshrouded in darkness and to open the gate of
deathlessness.' Upaka replied: 'Thou professest then, friend, to be
Jina, the conqueror of the world, the absolute one and the holy one.'
The Blessed One said: 'Jinas are all those who have conquered self and
the passions of self; those alone are victorious who control their minds
and abstain from evil. Therefore, Upaka, I am the Jina.'"
sacred-texts.com: Buddha, The Gospel: Founding the Kingdom
http://sacred-texts.com/bud/btg/btg16.htm
"It is not life and wealth and power that enslave men, but the cleaving
to life and wealth and power."
sacred-texts.com: Buddha, The Gospel: Anathapindika, The Man of Wealth
http://sacred-texts.com/bud/btg/btg24.htm
"The bhikkhus came to the Blessed One, and having saluted him with
clasped hands they said: 'O Master, thou all-seeing one, we all wish
to learn; our ears are ready to hear, thou art our teacher, thou art
incomparable. Cut off our doubt, inform us of the blessed Dharma, O
thou of great understanding; speak in the midst of us, O thou who art
all-seeing, as is the thousand-eyed Lord of the gods. We will ask the
muni of great understanding, who has crossed the stream, gone to the
other shore, is blessed and of a firm mind: How does a bhikkhu wander
rightly in the world, after having gone out from his house and driven
away desire?' The Buddha said: 'Let the bhikkhu subdue his passion
for human and celestial pleasures, then, having conquered existence,
he will command the Dhartna.'"
sacred-texts.com: Buddha, The Gospel: Words of Instruction
http://sacred-texts.com/bud/btg/btg60.htm
"And, finally, it is the consciousness that the disciple is possessed
of faith in the order, believing in the efficacy of a union among those
men and women who are anxious to walk in the noble eightfold path;
believing this church of the Buddha, of the righteous, the upright, the
just, the law abiding, to be worthy of honor, of hospitality, of gifts,
and of reverence; to be the supreme sowing-ground of merit for the world;
to be possessed of the virtues beloved by the good, virtues unbroken,
intact, unspotted, unblemished, virtues which make men truly free, virtues
which are praised by the wise, are untarnished by the desire of selfish
aims, either now or in a future life, or by the belief in the efficacy
of outward acts, and are conducive to high and holy thought. This is the
mirror of truth which teaches the straightest way to enlightenment which
is the common goal of all living creatures. He who possesses the mirror
of truth is free from fear; he will find comfort in the tribulations of
life, and his life will be a blessing to all his fellow-creatures."
sacred-texts.com: Buddha, The Gospel: The Mirror of Truth
http://sacred-texts.com/bud/btg/btg92.htm
"When the learned man drives away vanity by earnestness, he, the wise,
climbing the terraced heights of wisdom, looks down upon the fools,
serene he looks upon the toiling crowd, as one that stands on a mountain
looks down upon them that stand upon the plain."
sacred-texts.com: The Dhammapada: Chapter 2, On Earnestness
http://sacred-texts.com/bud/sbe10/sbe1004.htm
"If one man conquer in battle a thousand times thousand men, and if
another conquer himself, he is the greatest of conquerors."
sacred-texts.com: The Dhammapada: Chapter 8, The Thousands
http://sacred-texts.com/bud/sbe10/sbe1010.htm
"Let a man leave anger, let him forsake pride, let him overcome all
bondage! No sufferings befall the man who is not attached to name and
form, and who calls nothing his own. He who holds back rising anger
like a rolling chariot, him I call a real driver; other people are but
holding the reins."
sacred-texts.com: The Dhammapada: Chapter 17, Anger
http://sacred-texts.com/bud/sbe10/sbe1019.htm
"Thus spake the Great King of Glory: 'Ye shall slay no living thing.
Ye shall not take that which has not been given. Ye shall not act wrongly
touching the bodily desires. Ye shall speak no lie. Ye shall drink no
maddening drink. Ye shall eat as ye have eaten.' Then, Ânanda, all the
rival kings in the region of the East became subject unto the Great King
of Glory."
sacred-texts.com: Maha-Sudassana Sutta
http://sacred-texts.com/bud/sbe11/sbe1108.htm
"Now I call to mind, Ananda, how in this spot my body had been six
times buried. And when I was dwelling here as the righteous king who
ruled in righteousness, the lord of the four regions of the earth, the
conqueror, the protector of his people, the possessor of the seven royal
treasures--that was the seventh time. But I behold not any spot, Ananda,
in the world of men and gods, nor in the world of Mara, nor in the world
of Brahma,--no, not among the race of Samanas or Brahmans, of gods or
men,--where the Tathagata for the eighth time will lay aside his body."
sacred-texts.com: Maha-Sudassana Sutta
http://sacred-texts.com/bud/sbe11/sbe1108.htm
"'Suppose, O king, a king had four chief ministers, faithful, famous,
trustworthy, placed in high positions of authority. And the king, on
some emergency arising, were to issue to them an order touching all the
people in his realm, saying: "Let all now pay up a tax, and do you, as my
four officers, carry out what is necessary in this emergency." Now tell
me, O king, would the tremor which comes from fear of taxation arise in
the hearts of those ministers?' 'No, Sir, it would not.' 'But why not?'
'They have been appointed by the king to high office. Taxation does not
affect them, they are beyond taxation. It was the rest that the king
referred to when he gave the order: [147] "Let all pay tax."'"
sacred-texts.com: The Questions of King Milinda: Book 4: Chapter 2
http://sacred-texts.com/bud/sbe35/sbe3513.htm
"'Cease, O noblest of men, thy grief, regain thy firmness,--surely
thou wilt not, O firm hero, shed tears like one of no self-control';
many kings on this earth have gone into the forests, throwing away their
royal pomp like a crushed wreath."
sacred-texts.com: The Buddha-karita of Asvaghosha: Book 8
http://sacred-texts.com/bud/sbe49/sbe4910.htm
"Such is that purpose of his, that heroic effort, that glorious strength,
that compassion for all beings,--until he attains the highest wisdom,
he will never rise from his seat, just as the sun does not rise, without
dispelling the darkness. One who rubs the two pieces of wood obtains
the fire, one who digs the earth finds at last the water,--and to him
in his perseverance there is nothing unattainable,--all things to him
are reasonable and possible."
sacred-texts.com: The Buddha-karita of Asvaghosha: Book 13
http://sacred-texts.com/bud/sbe49/sbe4915.htm
"Evil persons should be brought under control.
The wise should be reverenced.
Fill your treasury with honest deeds
(And) protect your own countrymen."
sacred-texts.com: Dong-bu (The Tree of Wisdom)
http://sacred-texts.com/bud/srdb/srdb.htm
"He who preaches at the timely season
And speaks when opportunity arises
Will be very much remarked
And obtain worldly greatness."
sacred-texts.com: Dong-bu (The Tree of Wisdom)
http://sacred-texts.com/bud/srdb/srdb.htm
Tao: Tao Te Ching
"The softest thing in the world dashes against and overcomes the
hardest; that which has no (substantial) existence enters where there
is no crevice. I know hereby what advantage belongs to doing nothing
(with a purpose)."
sacred-texts.com: Tao Te Ching: Chapter 43
http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/taote.htm
"Not to value and employ men of superior ability is the way to keep
the people from rivalry among themselves; not to prize articles which
are difficult to procure is the way to keep them from becoming thieves;
not to show them what is likely to excite their desires is the way to
keep their minds from disorder. Therefore the sage, in the exercise of
his government, empties their minds, fills their bellies, weakens their
wills, and strengthens their bones."
sacred-texts.com: Tao Te Ching: Chapter 3
http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/taote.htm
"Heaven and earth do not act from (the impulse of) any wish to be
benevolent; they deal with all things as the dogs of grass are dealt
with. The sages do not act from (any wish to be) benevolent; they deal
with the people as the dogs of grass are dealt with."
sacred-texts.com: Tao Te Ching: Chapter 5
http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/taote.htm
"In loving the people and ruling the state, cannot he proceed without any
(purpose of) action?"
sacred-texts.com: Tao Te Ching: Chapter 10
http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/taote.htm
"(The Tao) produces (all things) and nourishes them; it produces them
and does not claim them as its own; it does all, and yet does not boast
of it; it presides over all, and yet does not control them."
sacred-texts.com: Tao Te Ching: Chapter 10
http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/taote.htm
"Therefore he who would administer the kingdom, honouring it as he
honours his own person, may be employed to govern it, and he who would
administer it with the love which he bears to his own person may be
entrusted with it."
sacred-texts.com: Tao Te Ching: Chapter 13
http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/taote.htm
"In the highest antiquity, (the people) did not know that there were
(their rulers). In the next age they loved them and praised them. In the
next they feared them; in the next they despised them. Thus it was that
when faith (in the Tao) was deficient (in the rulers) a want of faith
in them ensued (in the people)."
sacred-texts.com: Tao Te Ching: Chapter 17
http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/taote.htm
"If we could renounce our sageness and discard our wisdom, it would be
better for the people a hundredfold. If we could renounce our benevolence
and discard our righteousness, the people would again become filial and
kindly. If we could renounce our artful contrivances and discard our
(scheming for) gain, there would be no thieves nor robbers. Those three
methods (of government) Thought olden ways in elegance did fail And made
these names their want of worth to veil; But simple views, and courses
plain and true Would selfish ends and many lusts eschew."
sacred-texts.com: Tao Te Ching: Chapter 19
http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/taote.htm
"The sage, when employed, becomes the Head of all the Officers (of
government); and in his greatest regulations he employs no violent
measures."
sacred-texts.com: Tao Te Ching: Chapter 28
http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/taote.htm
"The kingdom is a spirit-like thing, and cannot be got by active
doing. He who would so win it destroys it; he who would hold it in his
grasp loses it."
sacred-texts.com: Tao Te Ching: Chapter 29
http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/taote.htm
"He who would assist a lord of men in harmony with the Tao will not
assert his mastery in the kingdom by force of arms. Such a course is
sure to meet with its proper return."
sacred-texts.com: Tao Te Ching: Chapter 30
http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/taote.htm
"Those sharp weapons are instruments of evil omen, and not the
instruments of the superior man;--he uses them only on the compulsion of
necessity. Calm and repose are what he prizes; victory (by force of arms)
is to him undesirable. To consider this desirable would be to delight
in the slaughter of men; and he who delights in the slaughter of men
cannot get his will in the kingdom."
sacred-texts.com: Tao Te Ching: Chapter 31: Chapter 31: Chapter 31:
Chapter 31: Chapter 31
http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/taote.htm
"The Tao, considered as unchanging, has no name. Though in its primordial
simplicity it may be small, the whole world dares not deal with (one
embodying) it as a minister. If a feudal prince or the king could guard
and hold it, all would spontaneously submit themselves to him."
sacred-texts.com: Tao Te Ching: Chapter 32
http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/taote.htm
"Fishes should not be taken from the deep; instruments for the profit
of a state should not be shown to the people."
sacred-texts.com: Tao Te Ching: Chapter 36
http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/taote.htm
"The sage has no invariable mind of his own; he makes the mind of the
people his mind."
sacred-texts.com: Tao Te Ching: Chapter 49
http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/taote.htm
"The sage has in the world an appearance of indecision, and keeps his
mind in a state of indifference to all. The people all keep their eyes
and ears directed to him, and he deals with them all as his children."
sacred-texts.com: Tao Te Ching: Chapter 49
http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/taote.htm
"It is the way of Heaven not to strive, and yet it skilfully overcomes;
not to speak, and yet it is skilful in (obtaining a reply; does not call,
and yet men come to it of themselves. Its demonstrations are quiet,
and yet its plans are skilful and effective. The meshes of the net of
Heaven are large; far apart, but letting nothing escape."
sacred-texts.com: Tao Te Ching: Chapter 73
http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/taote.htm
"The people are difficult to govern because of the (excessive) agency
of their superiors (in governing them). It is through this that they
are difficult to govern."
sacred-texts.com: Tao Te Ching: Chapter 75
http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/taote.htm
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