The Golden Rule/Quotes

There are many sources for the Golden Rule:

Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
""What I condemn in another I will, if I may, avoid myself.""

- Herodotus, writing in the 400s BCE

""Avoid doing what you would blame others for doing.""

- Thales of Miletus

"" What you wish your neighbors to be to you, such be also to them.""

- Sextus the Pythagorean

""Do not do to others what would anger you if done to you by others.""

- Isocrates

""What thou avoidest suffering thyself seek not to impose on others.""

- Epictetus

""Treat your inferiors as you would be treated by your superiors""

- Seneca, Epistle 47:11

Bahai
""And if thine eyes be turned towards justice, choose thou for thy neighbour that which thou choosest for thyself""

- Baha'u'llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf

Hinduism / Brahmanism
""This is the sum of Dharma [duty]: Do naught unto others which would cause you pain if done to you"."

- Mahabharata, 5:1517

Buddhism
""...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."''"

- Udanavarga, 5:18

Christianity: The Gospels
""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.""

- Matthew 7:12

""Love thy neighbor as thyself.""

- Matthew 22:39

""Do unto others as you would have done unto you.""

- Luke 6:31

Confucianism
""Never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself.""

- Confucius, Analects, XV.24

""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.'""

- Doctrine of the Mean, 13.3

Islam
""That which you want for yourself, seek for mankind.""

- Hadith Sukhanan-i-Muhammad

""Fear God wherever you tread, erase bad deeds with good ones, and be kind to mankind.""

- The Prophet Muhammad, Hadith Sunan al-Tirmidhi

""...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...""

- The Quran, 5:32

Judaism
""Love thy neighbor as thyself.""

- Leviticus 19:18.

""What is hateful to thee, do not unto thy fellow; this is the whole law.""

- The Talmud, Tractate Shabat, 30a

Moral Philosophy
""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.""

- Immanuel Kant, second formulation of the categorical imperative

""Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.""

- Immanuel Kant, first formulation of the categorical imperative - according to Kant, this quote has the same meaning as the quotes above.