Variations on the Golden Rule
Baha'i
"Blessed is he who preferreth his brother before himself."
...Baha'u'llah,
Tablets of Baha'u'llah,71...
Buddhism
"Hurt not others
in ways that you yourself would find hurtful."
...Udana-Varga,
Christianity
"All things
whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them."
...Matthew7:12...
Confucianism
"Do not unto
others what you would not have them do unto you"
...Analects
Hinduism
"This is the sum
of duty: do naught unto others which would cause you
pain if done to you."
...Mahabharata 5:1517...
Islam
"No one of you is
a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for
himself".
...Sunnah...
Jainism
"In happiness and
suffering, in joy and grief, we should regard all creatures as we regard our
own self"
...Lord Mahavira,
24th Tirthankara...
Judaism
"What is hateful
to you, do not to your fellow man. That is the
law: all the rest is commentary"
...Talmud, Shabbat 31a
Native American
"Respect for all life is the
foundation."
Sikhism
Don't create enmity with anyone as God is within
everyone."
...Guru Arjan
Devji 259, Guru Granth
Sahib...
Zoroastrianism
"That nature only is good when
it shall not do unto another whatever is not good for its own self."
...Dadistan-i-Dinik,
94:5...