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"The Golden Rule" poster,
Created by Paul McKenna and Scarboro Missions. Source of many of the quotes to the left. 
"The Golden Rule" by Norman Rockwell.
This painting is worth a close look.
The "Golden Rule"
Honoring a universal and timeless recommendation.
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BAHA'I FAITH

"Blessed is he who prefers his brother before himself."
  (Baha'u'llah)


BUDDHISM

"Hurt not others with that which pains yourself."
   (Buddha, Udana-Varga, 5:18)


CHRISTIANITY

"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.  This is the great and first commandment.  And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.  On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets."   
  (Jesus, Gospel of St. Mathew )


CONFUCIANISM

"What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others."
    (Confucius, Analects, 15:23)


HINDUISM

"This is the sum of duty:  do not do to others what would cause pain if done to you."
    (Mahabharata 5:1517)


ISLAM
"Not  one of you truly believes until you wish for others what you wish for yourself."  
  (Muhammad: 13th Hadiths of Nawawi)


JAINISM

"One should treat all creatures in the world as one would like to be treated."
  (Mahavira, Stutrakritanga)


JUDAISM

"What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow man. That is the entire law; all the rest is commentary. Go and learn it."
  (Hillel)


"MOM and DAD"

"Don't hit.  Share.  Be nice to each other."


SIOUX NATIVE AMERICAN

"Treat all beings and all things as your own relatives."


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, pg. 1299)


TAOISM

"Regard you neighbour's gain as your own gain, and your neighbour's loss as your own loss."
  (Lao Tzu, T'ai Shankg Kan Ying P'ien,  213-218)


UNITARIANISM

"We affirm and promote respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part."


ZOROASTRIANISM

"Do not do unto others whatever is injurious to yourself."
  (Shayast-na-Shayast 13.29)
An inspiring painting by Norman Rockwell: click for a larger image...
"The Golden Rule" by Norman Rockwell.
This painting is worth a close look.
"The Golden Rule" poster,
Created by Paul McKenna and Scarboro Missions. Source of many of the quotes to the left. 
The Golden Rule poster. Click for link to publisher.
Site put together by David Ronen (www.DavidRonen.net) of Vancouver, Washington, USA, in hopes that it will help inspire the best in all of us. Thanks especially to Ronnie Smith and Paul McKenna. This site has no commercial ties or institutional affiliations.   Health and Happiness to all!


If you know of other "Golden Rule" quotations to add to this list, please type them in, along with the source, in the Guestbook.  Also, please feel free to add your thoughts and comments in the Guestbook.
Please find here a sampling showing the The Golden Rule from a variety of wisdom teachings and traditions (arranged alphabetically) :*