The Golden Rule/Quotes: Difference between revisions

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

{{quote|''"Avoid doing what you would blame others for doing."'' |'''Thales of Miletus'''}}

{{quote|''" What you wish your neighbors to be to you, such be also to them."''|'''Sextus the Pythagorean'''}}

{{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|''"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|"Fear God wherever you tread, erase bad deeds with good ones, and be kind to mankind." |'''[[The Prophet Muhammad]]''', |''Hadith Sunan al-Tirmidhi'' }}

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

{{quote|''"Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law."''|'''Immanuel Kant''', first formulation of the categorical imperative - according to Kant, this quote has the same meaning as the quotes above.}}