Baha'i
"Lay not on any soul a load that you would not wish to be laid upon you,
and desire not for anyone the things you would not desire for yourself. "
-- Baha'u'llah
"And if thine eyes be turned towards justice, choose thou for thy neighbour
that which thou choosest for thyself." -- Epistle to the Son of the Wolf
Buddhism
"Treat not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful."
Udana-Varga 5.18
Christianity
"All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even
so to them." -- Matthew 7:1
Confucianism
"Surely it is the maxim of loving-kindness: Do not unto others that you would
not have them do unto you." -- Analects 12:2
Hinduism
"This is the sum of duty: do naught unto others which would cause you pain
if done to you." -- Mahabharata 5:1517
Islam
"None of you [truly] believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes
for himself." -- Number 13 of Imam "Al-Nawawi's Forty
Hadiths."
Jainism
"One should treat all creatures in the world as one would like to be treated."
-- Mahavira, Sutrakritanga 1.11.33
Judaism
"What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow man. That is the law:
all the rest is commentary" -- Talmud, Shabbath 31a
Native
American
"All things are our relatives; what we do to everything, we do to ourselves.
All is really One." -- Black Elk
"We are as much alive as we keep the earth alive." -- Chief Dan George
Sikhism
"I am a stranger to no one; and no one is a stranger to me. Indeed, I am
a friend to all." -- Guru Granth Sahib, p.1299
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
213-218
Unitarianism
"We affirm and promote respect for the interdependent web of all existence
of which we are a part." -- Unitarian principle
Wiccan
"An it harm none, do what ye will." -- Wiccan Rede
Zoroastrianism
"Do not do unto others whatever is injurious to yourself.
Shayast-na-Shayast 13.29
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