The Golden Rule
"And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise."
~ Luke 6:31
Confucianism
"Do not do to others what you do not want them to do to you"
~ Analects 15:23
Hinduism
“This is the sum of duty: do not do to others what would cause pain if done to you.”
~ Mahabharata 5:1517
Humanism
"Don't do things you wouldn't want to have done to you.”
~ British Humanist Society
Islam
"None of you [truly] believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself."
~ Number 13 of Imam "Al-Nawawi's Forty Hadiths
Jainism
"A man should wander about treating all creatures as he himself would be treated."
~ Sutrakritanga 1.11.33
Judaism
"What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow man. This is the law: all the rest is commentary."
~ Talmud, Shabbat 31a
Native American Spirituality
"All things are our relatives; what we do to everything, we do to ourselves. All is really One."
~ Black Elk
Roman Pagan Religion
"The law imprinted on the hearts of all men is to love the members of society as themselves."
Shinto
"Be charitable to all beings, love is the representative of God."
~ Ko-ji-ki Hachiman Kasuga
Sikhism
"Don't create enmity with anyone as God is within everyone."
~ Guru Arjan Devji 259
Sufism
"The basis of Sufism is consideration of the hearts and feelings of others. If you haven't the will to gladden someone's heart, then at least beware lest you hurt someone's heart, for on our path, no sin exists but this.”
