So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Torah and the Prophets.
[Matthew 7:12 - Yeshua]
Whatever is disagreeable to yourself do not do unto others.
[Zoroastrian - Shayast-na-Shayast 13:29]
We should conduct ourselves toward others as we would have them act toward us.
[Aristotle, 385 BCE]
Hurt not others with that which pains yourself.
[Buddhism - Udana-Varga ]
No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself.
[Islam - Hadith ]
And if your eyes are turned towards justice, choose you for your neighbour that which you want for yourself.
[Baha'i - Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, 30]
What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow men. That is the entire Law; all the rest is commentary.
[Hillel]
This is the sum of duty: Do naught to others which would cause you pain if done to you.
[Hindu - The Mahabharata]
Do to another what you would have him do to you... you need this law alone. It is the foundation of all the rest.
[Confucius, 500 BCE]
Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.
[Shinto - Analects, 15:24]
Be excellent to each other
Be excellent to each other
There was a post from a listserv I subscribe to made by a guy who did some research and found some interesting similarities between a number of religions. Despite their differences in practice, and even in doctrine, the core value amounts to the Golden Rule, in various forms, as shown below.