The Universal Golden Rule
Brahmanism
This is the sum of duty: do naught unto others which would cause you pain if done to you.[Mahabharata 5,1517]
Buddhism
Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful.[Udana-Varga 5,18]
Christianity
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you,do ye even so to them: for this is the law of the prophets.
[Matthew 7:12]
Confucianism
Surely it is the maxim of loving-kindness:Do not unto others that you would not have them do unto you.
[Analects 15,23]
Islam
No one of you is a believer until he desiresfor his brother that which he desires for himself.
[Sunnah]
Judaism
What is hateful to you, do not to your fellowmen.That is the entire Law; all the rest is commentary.
[Talmud Shabbat 31a]
Taoism
Regard your neighbor's gain as your own gainand your neighbor's loss as your own loss.
[T'ai Shang Kan Ying P'ien]
Wicca
An' it harm none, do as ye will.[Rede]
Any energy you send out will come back threefold.
[The Law of Three]
Zoroastrianism
That nature alone is good which refrains from doing unto anotherwhatsoever is not good for itself.
[Dadistan-i-dinik 94-5]
And... George Bernard Shaw
Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you.Their tastes may not be the same.
[1903]
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