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[quote]Hinduism

"One should not behave towards others in a way which is disagreeable to oneself. This is the essence of morality....." - Mahabharata, Anusasana Parva, 18:113:8

Sikhism

"As you see yourself, see others as well; only then will you become a partner in heaven." Bhagat Kabir GGS 480

Buddhism

"Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful." (Udana-Varga 5:18)

Judaism

"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

Christianity

“So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.” (Matthew 7:1

Islam

"No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself." (Sunnah. Forty Hadith of an-Nawawi 13)

"Hurt no one so that no one may hurt you." — Muhammad, The Farewell Sermon.

Confucianism

"What you do not wish upon yourself, extend not to others." 
-- Analects of Confucius, Chapter 15, Verse 23

Bahá'í

“The seeker should not wish for others that which he does not wish for himself, ........” Baha’u’llah Kitab-i-Iqan 194, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah 125.266

Philosophers

"You should always ask yourself what would happen if everyone did what you are doing." (Jean-Paul Sartre)

One should be "contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow against himself." (Thomas Hobbes)

"May I do to others as I would that they should do unto me." (Plato)

And my favorite - the Categorical Imperative of Imamnuel Kant:

"Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law."

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