AFRICAN RELIGIONS:
And though I behold a man hate me, I will love him.
(Prayer of a dying man, Dinka, Sudan)

One going to take a pointed stick to pinch a baby bird should first try it on himself to feel how it hurts.
(Yoruba, Nigeria)

BAHÁ'Í:
Ascribe not to any soul that which thou wouldst not have ascribed to thee. . . Blessed is he who preferreth his brother before himself.
(Baha'u'llah)

BRAHMANISM:
This is the sum of duty: do nothing to others which if done to you, would cause you pain.
(Mahabharata 5.1517)

BUDDHISM:
Hurt not others with that which pains yourself.
(Udanavarga 5.18)

CHRISTIANITY:
So always treat others as you would like them to treat you; that is the meaning of the law and the Prophets.
(Bible, Matthew 7)

CONFUCIANISM:
Is there any one maxim which ought to be acted upon through out one’s whole life? Surely the maxim of loving kindness is such. Do not unto others what you would not they should do unto you.
(Analects 15.23)

HINDUISM:
One should not behave towards others in a way which is disagreeable to oneself.
(Mencius Vii.A.4)

ISLAM:
No one of you is a believer until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.
(Traditions)

JAINISM:
One should treat all beings as he himself would be treated
(Agamas, Sutrakrtanga 1.10, 1-3)

JUDAISM:
What is hurtful to yourself do not to your fellow man. That is the whole of the Torah and the remainder is but commentary. Go learn it.
(Talmud)

NATIVE AMERICAN RELIGIONS:
Kindness is to use one's will to guard one's speech and conduct so as to not injure anyone.
(Omaha)

All things are our relatives; what we do to everything, we do to ourselves. All is really One.
(Black Elk)

SHINTO:
The heart of the person before you is a mirror. See there your own form.
(Traditions)

SIKHISM:
As you deem yourself so deem others. Then you will become a partner in heaven.
(Kabir)

SUFISM:
The basis of Sufism is consideration of the hearts and feelings of others. If you haven't the will to gladden someone's heart, then at least beware lest you hurt someone's heart, for on our path, no sin exists but this.
(Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh, Master of the Nimatullahi Sufi Order)

TAOISM:
Regard your neighbor’s gain as your own gain, and regard your neighbor’s loss as your own loss.
(T’ai Shang Kan Ying P’ien)

UNITARIAN:
We affirm and promote respect for the interdependent of all existence of which we are a part.
(Unitarian principles)

ZOROASTRIANISM:
Whatever is disagreeable to yourself do not do unto others.
(Shayast-na-Shayast 13:29)


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