The Golden Rule/Quotes: Difference between revisions

There are many sources for the Golden Rule:

 

{{quote|''"What I condemn in another I will, if I may, avoid myself."''|'''[[The Histories|Herodotus]]''', writing in the 400s BCE }}

 

{{quote|''"[[Nice to the Waiter|Treat your inferiors as you would be treated by your superiors]]"'' |'''Seneca'''|Epistle 47:11}}

 

{{quote|''"And if thine eyes be turned towards justice, choose thou for thy neighbour that which thou choosest for thyself"'' |'''Baha'u'llah'''|''Epistle to the Son of the Wolf''}}

 

{{quote|''"This is the sum of Dharma [duty]: Do naught unto others which would cause you pain if done to you".''|''[[Mahabharata]]'', 5:1517}}

 

{{quote|''"...a state that is not pleasing or delightful to me, how could I inflict that upon another?"''|''Samyutta Nikaya'', v. 353}}

 

{{quote|''"Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful."''|''Udanavarga'', 5:18}}

 

{{quote|''"Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets."''|Matthew 7:12}}

 

{{quote|''"Do unto others as you would have done unto you."''|Luke 6:31}}

 

{{quote|''"Never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself."''|'''Confucius'''|''Analects'', XV.24}}

 

{{quote|''"Tse-kung asked, 'Is there one word that can serve as a principle of conduct for life?' Confucius replied, 'It is the word 'shu' -- reciprocity. Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.'"''|''Doctrine of the Mean'', 13.3}}

 

{{quote|''"That which you want for yourself, seek for mankind."''|''Hadith Sukhanan-i-Muhammad''}}

 

{{quote|''"...if anyone slays a human being-unless it be [in punishment] for murder or for spreading corruption on earth-it shall be as though he had slain all mankind; whereas, if anyone saves a life, it shall be as though he had saved the lives of all mankind..."''|[[The Quran]], 5:32}}

 

{{quote|''"Love thy neighbor as thyself."''|[[The Bible|Leviticus]] 19:18.<ref>[[The Talmud]] states that this is "the greatest rule in the Torah".</ref>}}

 

{{quote|''"What is hateful to thee, do not unto thy fellow; this is the whole law."''|[[The Talmud]], Tractate Shabat, 30a}}

 

{{quote|''"Act in such a way that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, never merely as a means to an end, but always at the same time as an end."''|'''Immanuel Kant''', second formulation of the categorical imperative}}