Line #4 Quotes/TheGoldenRule


1	There are many sources for TheGoldenRule, and seems to be a key part of the philosophy of whatever culture you care to name:
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3	!!! Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
4	->''"What I condemn in another I will, if I may, avoid myself."''
5	-->'''Creator/{{Herodotus}}''', writing in the 400s BCE
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7	->''"Avoid doing what you would blame others for doing."''
8	-->'''Thales of Miletus'''
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10	->''" What you wish your neighbors to be to you, such be also to them."''
11	-->'''Sextus the Pythagorean'''
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13	->''"Do not do to others what would anger you if done to you by others."''
14	-->'''Isocrates'''
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16	->''"What thou avoidest suffering thyself seek not to impose on others."''
17	-->'''Creator/{{Epictetus}}'''
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19	->''"[[NiceToTheWaiter Treat your inferiors as you would be treated by your superiors]]"''
20	-->'''Creator/{{Seneca}}''', Epistle 47:11
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22	!!! Bahai
23	->''"And if thine eyes be turned towards justice, choose thou for thy neighbour that which thou choosest for thyself"''
24	-->'''Baha'u'llah''', ''Epistle to the Son of the Wolf''
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26	!!! Hinduism / Brahmanism
27	->''"This is the sum of Dharma [duty]: Do naught unto others which would cause you pain if done to you".''
28	-->''Literature/{{Mahabharata}}'', 5:1517
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30	!!! Buddhism
31	->''"...a state that is not pleasing or delightful to me, how could I inflict that upon another?"''
32	-->''Samyutta Nikaya'', v. 353
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34	->''"Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful."''
35	-->''Udanavarga'', 5:18
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37	!!! Christianity: Literature/TheGospels
38	->''"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."''
39	-->Matthew 7:12
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41	->''"Love thy neighbor as thyself."''
42	-->Matthew 22:39
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44	->''"Do unto others as you would have done unto you."''
45	-->Luke 6:31
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47	!!! Christianity: Other parts of Literature/TheBible
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49	->''"For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: -Love your neighbor as yourself.'"''
50	-->Galatians 5:14
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52	->''"The commandments 'Do not commit adultery,' 'Do not murder,' 'Do not steal,' 'Do not covet,' and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the Law."''
53	-->Romans 13:9-10
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55	->''"Recognize that your neighbor feels as you do, and keep in mind your own dislikes."''
56	--> The Apocrypha, Sirach 31:15
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58
59	!!! Confucianism
60	->''"Never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself."''
61	-->'''Creator/{{Confucius}}''', ''Analects'', XV.24
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63	->''"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.'"''
64	-->''Doctrine of the Mean'', 13.3
65
66	!!! Islam
67	->''"That which you want for yourself, seek for mankind."''
68	-->''Hadith Sukhanan-i-Muhammad''
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70	->''"Fear God wherever you tread, erase bad deeds with good ones, and be kind to mankind."''
71	-->'''UsefulNotes/TheProphetMuhammad''', ''Hadith Sunan al-Tirmidhi''
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73	->''"...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..."''
74	-->Literature/TheQuran, 5:32
75
76	!!! Judaism
77	->''"Love thy neighbor as thyself."''
78	-->[[Literature/TheBible Leviticus]] 19:18.[[note]]Literature/TheTalmud states that this is "the greatest rule in the Torah".[[/note]]
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80	->''"What is hateful to thee, do not unto thy fellow; this is the whole law. All the rest is a commentary to this law."''
81	-->Literature/TheTalmud, Tractate Shabat, 30a
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83	!!! Traditional African religions
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85	->''"One who is going to take a pointed stick to pinch a baby bird should first try it on himself to feel how it hurts."''
86	-->''' Yoruba Proverb'''
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89	!!! Moral Philosophy
90	->''"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."''
91	-->'''Immanuel Kant''', second formulation of the categorical imperative
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93	->''"Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law."''
94	-->'''Immanuel Kant''', first formulation of the categorical imperative - according to Kant, this quote has the same meaning as the quotes above.
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96	!!! Music
97	-> "Whatever belief you belong to,\
98	there's still always a reason to doubt\
99	And there's always another opinion,\
100	as to what life is all about [...]\
101	There's only one thing to remember,\
102	there is only one thing you can do:\
103	And that is to do unto others,\
104	as you'd have others do unto you"

Context Quotes / TheGoldenRule