Five or Fourteen Quotes on the Golden Rule...
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I find this amazing...that the Golden Rule (or the Original Truth), which of course is a blueprint on how we as humans should treat one another, is said across the board in every religion, faith, and non-faith. While the actual words that are said may change, these all still say the same thing...be nice to one another! This is so easy but also so difficult. Such a simple task but we still don't seem to grasp it, at least not entirely (I speak for myself here). Anyhow, this is by no means a a complete list--just a few that stood out to me--and they are in no particular order.
Christianity
So in
everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this
sums up the Law and the Prophets.
Matthew 7:12
Matthew 39
Judaism
Love your neighbor as yourself.
Leviticus 19:18
What
is hateful to you, do not to your fellow men. That is the entire Law;
all the rest is commentary.
The
Talmud
Hinduism
This is the sum of duty: do not do
to others what would cause pain if done to you.
Mahabharata 5:1517
Islam
None of you has faith until he
wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself.
Number 13 of Imam
"Al-Nawawi’s Forty Hadiths."
Native American
Do not wrong or hate your neighbor.
For it is not he who you wrong, but yourself.
Pima proverb
Taoism
Regard your neighbor’s gain as
your own gain, and your neighbor’s loss as your own loss.
T’ai Shang Kan
Ying P’ien.
The sage does
not dwell on his own problems. He is aware of the needs of others.
Tao Teh Ching,
Chapter 49
Zoroastrianism
Whatever is
disagreeable to yourself do not do unto others.
Shayast-na-Shayast 13:29
Shayast-na-Shayast 13:29
Jainism
A man should
wander about treating all creatures as he himself would be treated.
Sutrakritanga 1.11.33
Buddhism
Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful.
Udana-Varga 5:18
Confucianism
Do not do to others what you do not want them to do to you.
Analects 15:23
Try your best to treat others as you
would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the
shortest way to benevolence.
Mencius VII.A.4
Urban Simplicity.
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