“Generosity, kind and gentle speech, purposeful service to others, and treating everyone with equal respect and dignity: these four virtues hold society together, just as the linchpin holds the rolling axle of a chariot.”
Canonical Pali Original: Dānañca peyyavajjañca, atthacariyā ca yā idha; Samānattatā ca dhammesu, tattha tattha yathārahaṃ. Ete kho saṅgahā loke, rathassāṇīva yāyato.
— Gautam Buddha
The Awakened One, Founder of Dhamma
Delivered to Hatthaka of Alavi, defining the Four Bases of Social Solidarity (Cattari Sangahavatthuni): Dana (generosity), Peyyavajja (kind speech), Atthacariya (beneficial service), and Samanattata (impartial equality).