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Additional Formulations AFRICAN "One going to take a pointed stick to pinch a baby bird should first try it on himself "If your neighbor's jackal escapes into your garden, you should return the animal to its owner; that is how you would want your neighbor to treat you." BAHAI'I "Blessed is he who preferreth his brother before himself." Bahá'u'lláh, Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh "Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful." Udana-Varga, 5:18 "Oh Son of Being! Ascribe not to any soul that which thou wouldst not "And if thine eyes be turned towards justice, choose thou for thy neighbour "Wish not for others what ye wish not for yourselves" "Lay not upon any soul a load that you would not wish to be laid upon you, "He should not wish for others what he does not wish for himself." "Is there a deed, Rahula, thou dost wish to do? Then bethink thee thus: "The Ariyan disciple thus reflects, Here am I, fond of my life, not wanting to die, "In five ways should a clansman minister to his friends and familiars, "Comparing oneself to others in such terms as "Just as I am so are they, "Hurt not others in ways that you would find hurtful." "...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." CATHOLICISM "The directive, therefore, 'all things that you would that men should do to you, do you also to them' represents a rule for loving one's neighbor. It is an explanation of the commandment 'thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself." CHRISTIANITY "Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." "Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, "And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, "Whatever you wish that men would do to you, do so to them." "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?" Jesus said to him, "Owe no man anything, but to love one another: for he that loveth another "For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; "So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, "Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, "...and don't do what you hate...", Chinese Proverb "The sage....makes the self of the people his self." CONFUCIANISM "The man of humanity regards Heaven and Earth and all things as one body. To him there is nothing that is not himself. Since he has recognized all things as himself, how can there be a limit to his humanity?" CHU HSI "Do not do to others what you would not like yourself. "Do not unto others what you would not have them do unto you." "One word which sums up the basis for all good conduct…loving kindness. "One should not behave towards others in a way which is disagreeable to oneself." Mencius Vii.A.4 "Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire." Or "Tse-kung asked, 'Is there one word that can serve as a principle of conduct "When one cultivates to the utmost the principles of his nature, and exercises them "What a man dislikes in his superiors, let him not display in the treatment of his inferiors; what he dislikes in inferiors, let him not display in the service of his superiors; "Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, ANCIENT GREEK "What is the teaching of all wisdom? As you wish that evils should not befall you, but wish to partake of the good, act in this spirit to everyone." "What you do not want to suffer, do not attempt to make others suffer. You avoid enslavement; make sure then to make no one your slave." Epictetus "We should behave to friends as we would wish friends to behave to us." "Whoever thinks he can do evil to his neighbor, and not suffer evil, is not wise." "What you do not like if done to yourself, do not do to others." Confucius " I will be as careful for you as I should be for myself in the same need." Calypso's Promise To Odysseus in Homer's the Odyssey "Conduct yourself toward your parents as you would have them conduct themselves toward you." Isocrates "Deal with weaker states as you think it appropriate for stronger states to deal with you." Isocrates "Do not do to others what would anger you if done to you by others." "What you would avoid suffering yourself, seek not to impose upon others." HINDUISM "The knowing person is minded to treat all beings as himself." Mahabharta CIRCA 800 BC "Wound not others, do no one injury by thought or deed, "One should not behave towards others in a way which is disagreeable to oneself. "Do naught to others which, if done to thee, would cause thee pain: "This is the sum of duty: "This is the sum of the Dharma [duty]: do naught unto others "I would have no one touch my property, if I can help it, or disturb it in the slightest way without my consent. If I am a man of reason, I must treat others property the same way." Plato "The Laws" CIRCA 387 BC "Ponder well the maxim: Never do to other persons what would pain thyself." HUMANISM Humanists acknowledge human interdependence, the need for mutual respect ISLAM "The most righteous of men is the one who is glad that men should have what is pleasing to himself, and who dislikes for them what is for him disagreeable." Muhammad "Not one of you truly believes until you wish for others "No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother "Not one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother "Al-Nawawi's Forty Hadiths." or "None of you [truly] believes SUFISM "The basis of Sufism is consideration of the hearts and feelings of others. JAINISM "What we do not want done to us, we will not cause to be done to others; if you do not want to be killed, do not kill anybody; if you do not want anybody to commit adultery with your wife, do not commit adultery with anyone else's wife; if you do not want anything of yours stolen, do not steal anything that belongs to someone else." "One should treat all beings as he himself would be treated." Janist Sutrakritanga "In happiness and suffering, in joy and grief, we should regard all creatures "One who you think should be hit is none else but you. One who you think should be governed is none else but you. One who you think should be tortured is none else "One should treat all beings as he himself would be treated." "A man should wander about treating all creatures as he himself would be treated." Agamas Sutrakritanga 1.11.33 "In happiness and suffering, in joy and grief, we should regard all creatures JUDAISM "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor; that is the whole Torah, while the rest is commentary thereon, go learn it." Rabbi Hillel "And no one shall do to his fellowman what he does not want done to himself" Dead Sea Scrolls 2nd C. BC-1st C AD "You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD." "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." "Take heed to thyself, my child, in all thy works; and be discreet in all thy behavior. "What you hate do not do to anyone" "Whatsoever thou wouldest that men should not do unto thee, do not do that to them." Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat 31a or "What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow man. "What is hateful to you do not do to your neighbour. "...thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.", Leviticus 19:18 or "Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, LATTER-DAY SAINTS "And let every man esteem his brother as himself, NATIVE AMERICAN "Respect for all life is the foundation." "All things are our relatives; what we do to everything, we do to ourselves. "We are as much alive as we keep the earth alive." "The Spider Grandmother gave two rules: Don't go around hurting people, "Do not wrong or hate your neighbor. For it is not he who you wrong, but yourself." Pima proverb "Great spirit, grant that I may not criticize my neighbor until I have walked a mile in his moccasins." Sioux Prayer PERSIAN "Do as you would be done by." ROMAN ANTIQUITY "Treat your inferiors as you would be treated by your superiors." "The law imprinted on the hearts of all men is to love the members of society SHINTOISM Be charitable to all beings, love is the representative of God." "The heart of the person before you is a mirror. See there your own form" SIKHISM "No one is my enemy, none a stranger and everyone is my friend." "Do not create enmity with anyone as God is within everyone." "We obtain salvation by loving our fellow man and God." "Compassion-mercy and religion are the support of the entire world". "Don't create enmity with anyone as God is within everyone." TAOISM "Regard your neighbor's gain as your gain, and your neighbor's loss as your own loss." Tai Shang Kan Yin P'ien "Recompense injury with kindness." "To those who are good to me, I am good; "The sage has no interest of his own, but takes the interests of the people as his own. He is kind to the kind; he is also kind to the unkind: for Virtue is kind. "Regard your neighbor's gain as your own gain, and your neighbor's loss UNITARIANISM "We affirm and promote respect for the interdependent of all existence UTILITARIANISM "To do as one would be done by, and to love one's neighbor as one's self, WICCA "An' it harm no one, do what thou wilt" (i.e. do what ever you want to, ZOROASTRIANISM "That nature alone is good which refrains from doing to another "Whatever thou dost not approve for thyself, do not approve for anyone else. "That nature only is good when it shall not do unto another whatever "When a good man is beaten through malice, the effort of every one should continue "Whatever is disagreeable to yourself do not do unto others." "Comparing oneself to others in such terms as Just as I am so are they, "Do not that to a neighbor which you shall take ill from him." One should seek for others the happiness one desires for one's self. Let none of you treat his brother in a way he himself would not like to be treated. The true rule of life is to guard and do by the things of others as they do by their own. "That nature only is good when it shall not do unto another whatever is not good for its own self." Zend- Avesta The law imprinted on the hearts of all men is to love the members of society. "Neighbors' willingness to act, when needed, for one another's benefit, THE WORK "I am Thou Thou are I He is ours We both are His So may all be for our neighbor. Only he can be just who is able to put himself in the position of others. OTHER "It is a very high goal: free and responsible development of the individual, "The Golden Rule would reconcile capital and labor, "The most effective instrument of moral education that I know of." Marcus Singer "The golden rule is like a compass. I keep it always in my pocket, and if I ever am lost or disoriented, I take it our and immediately know which way to go." "Son, that which seems evil unto thee do not do to thy companion." Babolonian Legend Of Ahitar 5th Centuary BC "Desire nothing for yourself which you do not desire for others." "The Maxim does not imply that we should always do to others exactly that which we should wish under our own present circumstances (which may be quite different from theirs) to be done to us. What the maxim implies is that we are, as far as possible, to put ourselves in the place of others; to consider what we would wish to be done to us, were we in their circumstances." "We have commited the golden rule to memory, let us now commit it to life." "To do to others as I would "Desire nothing for yourself which you do not desire for others." "I am convinced...that (the rule) would be influential and productive of fruit if we only got into the habit of remembering it and were not so lazy and inattentive... The book is laid into your own bossom, and it is so clear that you do not need glasses to understand Moses and the Law. Thus you are your own Bible, your own teacher, your own theologian, and your own preacher." "Why should the golden rule be so difficult in business and foreign relations? The happily married treat each other as they wish to be treated. They treat their children better than they wish to be treated themselves. Unless we do unto a friend as we do unto ourselves, we lose a friend. In an emergency we rush to the aid of our neighbor. Is it so great a step to realize that all people everywhere are neighbors?"
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