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“Hurt not others in ways that you yourself
would find hurtful.”
-
Udana-Varga 5:18; Buddhism
“... thou shalt love thy neighbor as
thyself.”
- Leviticus
19:18; Judaism
“And as ye would that men should do to
you, do ye also to them likewise.”
- Luke
6:31, King James Version; Christianity
“Do not do to others what you do not want
them to do to you.”
- Analects
15:23, Confucianism
“Do for one who may do for you, that you
may cause him thus to do.”
- The Tale
of the Eloquent Peasant, 109 - 110; Ancient Egyptian
“None of you believes until he wishes for
his brother what he wishes for himself.”
- Number
13 of Imam “Al-Nawawi's Forty Hadiths”; Islam
“In happiness and suffering, in joy and
grief, we should regard all creatures as we regard our own
self.”
- Lord
Mahavira, 24th Tirthankara; Jainism
“All things are our relatives; what we do
to everything, we do to ourselves. All is really One.”
- Black
Elk; Native American Spirituality
“Be charitable to all beings, love is the
representative of God.”
- Ko-ji-ki
Hachiman Kasuga; Shinto
“Compassion-mercy and religion are the
support of the entire world.”
- Japji
Sahib; Sikhism
“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.”
- Dr.
Javad Nurbakhsh, Master of the Nimatullahi Sufi Order; Sufism
“Regard your neighbor’s gain as your own
gain, and your neighbor’s loss as your own loss.”
- T'ai
ShangKan Ying P'ien; Taoism
“And it harm no one, do what thou wilt.”
- Wicca
“Whatever is disagreeable to yourself do
not do unto others.”
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Shayast-na-Shayast 13:29; Zoroastrianism
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