The Golden Rule:  Treat others as you want to be treated

• Love your neighbor as yourself. Leviticus 19:18
• Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire. Confucius
• And if thine eyes be turned towards justice, choose thou for thy neighbour that which thou choosest for thyself. Bahá’i
• You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Matthew 22:36
• This is the sum of duty: do naught to others which if done to thee would cause thee pain. Hinduism (The Mahabharata)
• No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself. Islam (Hadith)
• A man should wander about treating all creatures as he himself would be treated. Jainism (Sutrakritanga 1.11.33)
• What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor: that is the whole Torah; all the rest of it is commentary; go and learn. Judaism (Talmud, Shabbat 31a)
• One who is going to take a pointed stick to pinch a baby bird should first try it on himself to feel how it hurts. Nigerian proverb
• Whatever is disagreeable to yourself do not do unto others. Zoroastrianism (Shayast-na-Shayast 13:29)
• Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, not forgetting to leave others be as you would have them leave you be. Robert Brault
• Tzu-kung asked, ‘Is there a single word which can be a guide to conduct throughout one’s life?’ The Master said, ‘It is perhaps the word ‘shu.’ Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire. Confucius
• Do not do unto yourself what you would not do unto others. Tal Ben- Shahar
• Oneness is the law of nature: what we do to others, we do to ourselves. Jonathan H. Ellerby
• Treat all as your own self. Do not have a double standard. Sathya Sai Baba
• Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. William Shakespeare
• The great truths of life are simple. It is amazing how many problems, both personal and social, could be resolved if everyone decided to treat other people the way they would like to be treated. Listen to people the way you would like to be listened to. Sell your products and services the way you would like others to sell their products and services to you. Be courteous and respectful to other people, just as you would like them to be courteous and respectful to you. Be patient and understanding with people when they make mistakes, just as you would like them to be patient and understanding with you when you make mistakes. Brian Tracy
• This is the great secret. This is the sacred wisdom. Do unto others as you would have it done unto you. All of your problems, all of your conflicts, all of your difficulties in creating a life on your planet of peace and joy are based in your failure to understand this simple instruction, and to follow it.  Neale Donald Walsch
• For what you do to others, you do to yourself. Eckhart Tolle
• Be fair. Treat the other man as you would be treated. Everett W. Lord
• Simply see that you are at the center of the universe,and accept all things and beings as parts of your infinite body. When you perceive that an act done to another is done to yourself, you have understood the great truth. Lao Tzu
• The so-called golden rule of reciprocity, as taught by Christ was, ‘Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.’ I am inclined to go along with Buddhist teaching of ‘Do not do onto others what you do not want them to do unto you.’  That way, you don’t have to demand love in return because you felt the need to give it out.  Richard Rose
• Do not do to others that which would anger you if others did it to you. Socrates
• Do unto others as they would like to have done unto them. Kent Sayre
• Treat everyone you meet like you want to be treated. Jackson Brown Jr.
• Never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself. Confucius
• This is the sum of duty: do naught unto others which would cause you pain if done unto you. Buddhism: Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful. Brahmanism
• Do not unto others what you would not have them do unto you. Confucianism
• Judaism: Whatever is hurtful to yourself, do not to your fellowman. That is the whole of the law, the rest is merely commentary. Hindu
• Do as you would be done by. Persian
• Do unto others as though you were the others. Elbert Hubbard
• Fairness,  Equality, Love, Kindness,  Principles for healthy relationships

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The Platinum Rule:  Do not do unto yourself what you would not do unto others

• Why the double standard, the generosity toward our neighbour and the miserliness where we ourselves are concerned? And so I propose that we add a new rule, which we can call the Platinum Rule, to our moral code: ‘Do not do unto yourself what you would not do unto others.’ Tal Ben- Shahar
• Do not do anything to yourself that you would not wish on anyone else. Instead, do everything for yourself that you would do to make others happy … and the world will be a happier place for everyone. Alan Cohen
• If you must love your neighbor as yourself, it is at least as fair to love yourself as your neighbor. Nicholas de Chamfort

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On a lighter note

• Treat people as you would like to be treated. Karma’s only a bitch if you are. 
• I believe in the Golden Rule — The Man with the Gold . . . Rules. Laurence Tureaud
• The golden rule of work is that the bosses jokes are always funny. Robert Paul
• There are three golden rules for parliamentary speakers: “Stand up. Speak up. Shut up.   W. Lowthe
• There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together; the public doesn’t give a damn what goes on inbetween. Thomas Beecham
• We live by the Golden Rule. Those who have the gold make the rules. Buzzie Bavasi

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