Golden Rule
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"Treat others as you would like to be treated." Many consider the golden rule the most essential basis for the modern concept of human rights.
The golden rule is found throughout religios history as a guiding principle in the treatment of others.
- "Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am the LORD." — Torah Leviticus 19:18
- "When an alien lives with you in your land, do not mistreat him. The alien living with you must be treated as one of your native-born. Love him as yourself, for you were aliens in Egypt. I am the LORD your God." — Torah Leviticus 19:33-34
- "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." — Jesus (c. 5 BC—33 AD) in the Gospels, Matthew 7:12 , Luke {{{chap}}}:31 , Luke 10:27
- "None of you truly believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself." — Muhammad (c. 571 – 632 BC) in a Hadith.
- "This is the sum of duty; do naught unto others what you would not have them do unto you." — Mahabharata (5:15:17) (c. 500 BC)
- "What you do not wish upon yourself, extend not to others." — Confucius (ca. 551–479 BC)
- "What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow man." — Hillel the Elder (ca. 50 BC-10 AD