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"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
"And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise."--Luke 6:31
If you want others to be nice to you, then first be nice to them.
If you want to find friends, then first be friendly.
If you want others to be appreciative, then be appreciative of them.
If you want respect give respect.
If you want love give love.
If you want kindness give kindness.
If you want to be heard, then listen.
If you want fairness, then be just.
If you want peace, then act peacefully.
If you want privileges, then give privileges.
QUOTATIONS VARIOUS SOURCES
"Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD."--Leviticus 19:18
"Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones."--Proverbs 16:24
"Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts."--Psalms 28:3
"Do that to no man which thou hatest: drink not wine to make thee drunken: neither let drunkenness go with thee in thy journey."--Tobit 4:15
"But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;"--Matthew 5:44
"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
"Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."--Matthew 19:19
"And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."--Matthew 22:39
"And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these."--Mark 12:31
"And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices."--Mark 12:33
"And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise."--Luke 6:31
"But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil."--Luke 6:35
"And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself."--Luke 10:27
"Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law."--Romans 13:8
"For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."--Romans 13:9
"Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law."--Romans 13:10
"Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification."--Romans 15:2
"For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."--Galatians 5:14
"But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;"--I Peter 1:15
"If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:"--James 2:8
"Regard your neighbor's gain as your gain, and your neighbor's loss as your own loss."--Tai Shang Kan Yin P’ien, Taoism
"This is the sum of duty; do naught unto others what you would not have them do unto you."--Hinduism, Mahabharata 5:1517
"One should not behave towards others in a way which is disagreeable to oneself. This is the essence of morality. All other activities are due to selfish desire."--Hinduism, Mahabharata, Anusasana Parva 113:8
"Do not do to others what you would not like yourself. Then there will be no resentment against you, either in the family or in the state."--Confucius, Analects 12:2
"Tsekung 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 do to others what you do not want them to do to you.'"--Confucius, Analects 15:23
"Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence."--Confucianism, Mencius VII.A.4
"Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful."--Buddhism, Udana-Varga 5:1
"No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself."--Sunnah, Islam
"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."--Javad Nurbakhsh, Nimatullahi Sufi Order
"That nature alone is good which refrains from doing to another whatsoever is not good for itself."--Zoroastrianism, Dadisten-I-dinik 94:5
"Whatever is disagreeable to yourself do not do unto others."--Zoroastrianism, Shayast-na-Shayast 13:29
"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 but you. One who you think should be enslaved is none else but you. One who you think should be killed is none else but you. A sage is ingenuous and leads his life after comprehending the parity of the killed and the killer. Therefore, neither does he cause violence to others nor does he make others do so."--Jainism, Acarangasutra 5:101-2
"A man should wander about treating all creatures as he himself would be treated."--Jainism, Sutrakritanga 1.11.33
"Act in such a way that the maxim of your action would be instituted as a universal law of nature."--Immanuel Kant, 1724-1804, German philosopher
"Try to treat others as you would want them to treat you."--L. Ron Hubbard, The Way to Happiness, Scientology
"Never ask from another that which you are not willing to give."--Apache law, Native Americans
"What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellowman. This is the entire Law; all the rest is commentary."--Judaism, Talmud, Shabbat 3id
"One going to take a pointed stick to pinch a baby bird should first try it on himself to feel how it hurts."--African Traditional Religions, Yoruba Proverb (Nigeria)
"All things are our relatives; what we do to everything, we do to ourselves. All is really One."--Black Elk, Native American
"And if thine eyes be turned towards justice, choose thou for thy neighbour that which thou choosest for thyself."--Bahá'í, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf
"Wish not for others what ye wish not for yourselves."--Bahá'í, Kitab-I-Aqdas 148
"Treat your inferiors as you would be treated by your superiors."--Seneca, Epistle 47:11
"May I do to others as I would that they should do unto me."--Plato
"Do not do to others that which would anger you if others did it to you."--Socrates
"Conduct yourself towards your parents as you would have your children conduct themselves towards you."--Isocrates, letter to Demonicus
"The first duty of love is to listen."--Paul Tillich, 1886-1965
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