History Quotes / TheGoldenRule

-->'''Epictetus'''

-->'''Seneca''', Epistle 47:11

There are many sources for the Golden Rule:

as you'd have others do unto you"\\
--> '''Clawfinger''', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gv4cPCZXpc Two Sides (of every story)]] (ca 2000 AD)''

->''"For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: "Love your neighbor as yourself.""''

->''"What is hateful to thee, do not unto thy fellow; this is the whole law."''

-->'''TheProphetMuhammad''', ''Hadith Sunan al-Tirmidhi''

-->[[Literature/TheBible Leviticus]] 19:18.[[hottip:*:Literature/TheTalmud states that this is "the greatest rule in the Torah".]]

"Whatever belief you belong to,\\

- '''Clawfinger''', ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gv4cPCZXpc Two Sides (of every story)]] (ca 2000 AD)''

-->'''Immanuel Kant''', first formulation of the categorical imperative - according to Kant, this quote has the same meaning as the quotes above.

->"Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful."''

-->'''Confucius''', ''Analects'', XV.24

->"Fear God wherever you tread, erase bad deeds with good ones, and be kind to mankind."

There are many more sources for the Golden Rule.

Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy:
* "What I condemn in another I will, if I may, avoid myself." - Creator/{{Herodotus}}, writing in the 400s BCE
* "Avoid doing what you would blame others for doing." Thales
* " What you wish your neighbors to be to you, such be also to them." Sextus the Pythagorean
* "Do not do to others what would anger you if done to you by others." Isocrates
* "What thou avoidest suffering thyself seek not to impose on others." Epictetus
* "[[NiceToTheWaiter Treat your inferiors as you would be treated by your superiors]]," Seneca, Epistle 47:11

Bahai
* "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

Brahmanism
* "This is the sum of Dharma [duty]: Do naught unto others which would cause you pain if done to you". ''Literature/{{Mahabharata}}'', 5:1517

Buddhism
* "...a state that is not pleasing or delightful to me, how could I inflict that upon another?" Samyutta Nikaya v. 353
* "Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful." Udana-Varga 5:18

Christianity: Literature/TheGospels
* "Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets." Matthew 7:12
* "Love thy neighbor as thyself." Matthew 22:39
* "Do unto others as you would have done unto you" Luke 6:31

Confucianism
* "Never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself." Confucius, Analects XV.24
* "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

Hinduism
* "One should not behave towards others in a way which is disagreeable to oneself." Quoted from the ''Mahabarata''

Islam
* "That which you want for yourself, seek for mankind." Quoted from the Hadith Sukhanan-i-Muhammad, second only to the Quran itself in holiness.
* "Fear God wherever you tread, erase bad deeds with good ones, and ''be kind to mankind''." An often quoted Hadith from Prophet Muhammad PBUH.
* "...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..." Quran, 5:32

Judaism
* "Love thy neighbor as thyself" is originally from Leviticus 19:18.
* Literature/TheTalmud states that this is "the greatest rule in the Torah".
* "What is hateful to thee, do not unto thy fellow; this is the whole law." -- Literature/TheTalmud, Tractate Shabat, 30a

Moral Philosophy
* "Act in such a way that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, never merely as a means to an end, but always at the same time as an end."
** Immanuel Kant, second formulation of the categorical imperative

* "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.

There are many more sources for the Golden Rule. Add those you know. :-)

There are many more sources for The Golden Rule. Add those you know. :-)

* "What I condemn in another I will, if I may, avoid myself." - {{Herodotus}}, writing in the 400s BCE

* "This is the sum of Dharma [duty]: Do naught unto others which would cause you pain if done to you". {{Mahabharata}}, 5:1517

* "...a state that is not pleasing or delightful to me, how could I inflict that upon another?" Samyutta NIkaya v. 353

Christianity

* "One should not behave towards others in a way which is disagreeable to oneself." Quoted from the Mahabarata

* "This is the sum of Dharma [duty]: Do naught unto others which would cause you pain if done to you". Mahabharata, 5:1517

* TheTalmud states that this is "the greatest rule in the Torah".
* "What is hateful to thee, do not unto thy fellow; this is the whole law." -- TheTalmud, Tractate Shabat, 30a

** Immanuel Kant, first formulation of the categorical imperative - according to Kant, this quote have the same meaning as the quotes above.

* "What I condemn in another I will, if I may, avoid myself." - Herodotus, writing in the 400s BCE

* "What is hateful to thee, do not unto thy fellow; this is the whole law." -- {{Talmud}}, Tractate Shabat, 30a

* Hillel: "Do not do unto others as you would not have done unto you"