 | 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.
Bahauullah, Gleanings
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 | Buddhism
Treat not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful.
The Buddha, Udana-Varga 5.18
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 | Christianity
In everything, do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets.
Jesus, Matthew 7:12
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 | Confucianism
One word which sums up the basis of all good conduct... loving-kindness. Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself.
Confucius, Analects 15.23
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 | Hinduism
This is the sum of duty; do not do to others what would cause pain if done to you.
Mahabharata 5:1517
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 | Islam
Not one of you truly beleives until you wish for others what you wish for yourself.
The Prophet Muhammad, Hadith
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 | Jainism
One should treat all creatures in the world as one would like to be treated.
Mahavira, Sutrakritanga
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 | Judaism
What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour. This is the whole Torha; all the rest is commentary. Go and learn it.
Hillel, Talmud, Shabbath 31a
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 | Native Spirituality
We are as much alive as we keep the earth alive.
Chief Dan George
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 | 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
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 | Taoism
Regard your neighbour's gain as your own gain and your neighbour's loss as your own loss.
Lao Tzu, T'ai Shang Kan Ying P'ien, 213-218
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 | Unitarianism
We affirm and promote respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.
Unitarian principle
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 | Zoroastrianism
Do not do unto others whatever is injurious to yourself.
Shayast-na-Shayast 13.29
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 | Shinto
The heart of the person before you is a mirror. See there your own form
Shinto Saying
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 | Humanism
Don't do things you wouldn't want to have done to you
British Humanist Society
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 | Plato
May I do to others as I would that they should do unto me.
Greek Philosopher
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 | Socrates
Do not do to others that which would anger you if others did it to you.
Greek Philosopher
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 | Kant
Act as if the maxim of thy action were to become by thy will a universal law of nature.
Immanual Kant, Categorical Imperative
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