TENETS
The majority of Nomromism's beliefs are taken from other pre-existing religions, ideologies, movements, and philosophies and appear in most, if not all, of them in one form or another. These ''rules'' are not musts or requirements so much as they are advice, aspirations, and guidelines that would be beautiful if regularly followed. You do not have to live by them but it would be nice if you could. In essence, they can all be simplified into one very short, sweet, and simple sentence: don't be a jerk. Not to others, not to nature, and not to yourself.
3HO
"Recognize that the other person is you." (The 5 Sutras of the Aquarian Age)
"Understand through compassion or you will misunderstand the times." (The 5 Sutras of the Aquarian Age)
"Give because God gives to you. Love because that is your purpose in life. Shine because it is important. Share because it is demanded of you." (Yogi Bhajan)
"If you do not do seva—selfless service, you have just let your soul go hungry. Selfless service to others is the food of the soul." (Yogi Bhajan)
"The act of kindness is such a powerful weapon that it is endless in its scope. You can never run out of kindness. Kindness is the supreme gift of the elevated person. It is the beauty of the beauty of the beauty." (Yogi Bhajan)
Aboriginal Dreamtime
"The Land is my mother, my mother is the Land." (Australian Aboriginal proverb)
"We don't own the land. The land owns us." (Australian Aboriginal proverb)
Adidam
"Love Does Not Fail For You When You Are Rejected or Betrayed or Apparently Not Loved. Love Fails For You When You Reject, Betray, and Do Not Love... Therefore, The Most Direct Way To Know Love In every moment Is To Be Love In every moment." (The Wound of Love)
Aetherius Society
"Service is the Jewel in the Rock of Attainment." (Aetherius Society's motto)
"All your Masters have told you that it is important, it is the most important thing, to love your neighbour as yourself." (Cosmic Voice; Issue 8)
"Look into your hearts and release your gentleness, so that this perfume might creep slowly but surely into the mind of man." (Cosmic Voice; Issue 17)
"There is not a problem upon your world that cannot be solved by love, itself, in its purity. There is not a problem upon your world that cannot be solved by power, tempered by love, in its purity. There is not a heart upon your world, no matter how fierce it beats, which cannot be softened by love, in its purity. There is not a brain upon your world, no matter how clever or stupid it may appear that cannot be educated in wisdom by love and power, in their purity." (Cosmic Voice; Issue 17)
"Act – that tomorrow’s sun may rise upon the start of a new and wonderful millennium and not upon a broken, dying planet." (Cosmic Voice; Issue 16)
"In every single contact that we have made with a Terrestrial, we have pointed out that it is Service to others which counts above all things." (Cosmic Voice; Issue 25)
"Service, service, service, is the key which opens the doors to all powers, to all forms of Enlightenment – Service to others!" (Cosmic Voice; Issue 25)
"When you really study the nature of all things, you can see that all life is one." (Dr. George King)
"Service to others, also known as “karma yoga”, is the greatest spiritual practice anyone can perform." (Key beliefs)
"Break away from your own troubles by concentrating upon the suffering of others." (The Nine Freedoms)
Ahmadiyya
“Love for all, hatred for none.” (Mirza Nasir Ahmad)
Ancient Egyptian religion
"I have not slain men and women." (42 Negative Confessions, 4)
"I have not attacked any man." (42 Negative Confessions, 14)
"I have terrorized none." (42 Negative Confessions, 23)
"I am not a stirrer up of strife (or a disturber of the peace)." (42 Negative Confessions, 29)
"I have not acted (or judged) with undue haste." (42 Negative Confessions, 30)
"I have not snatched away the bread of the child." (42 Negative Confessions, 41)
“That which you hate to be done to you, do not do to another.” (Late Period papyrus)
“Now this is the command: Do to the doer to make him do.” (Story of The Eloquent Peasant)
Ancient Greek religion
"Do not do to others that which angers you when they do it to you." (Isocrates)
"For a friend with an understanding heart is worth no less than a brother." (Odyssey, VIII. 585–586)
"Avoid doing what you would blame others for doing." (Thales of Miletus)
"United we stand, divided we fall." (The Four Oxen and the Lion)
Ancient Roman religion
"Forgive the interred." (Aeneid, III 13-68)
"No stranger to trouble myself I am learning to care for the unhappy." (Aeneid, I 630)
"Many colors blend into one." (Appendix Virgiliana, Moretum 102)
“The law imprinted on the hearts of all men is to love the members of society as themselves. The eternal, universal, unchangeable law of all beings is to seek the good of one another, like children of the same Father.” (Cicero)
"Virtue may be defined as a habit of mind in harmony with reason and the order of nature. It has four parts: prudence, justice, courage, temperance." (De Inventione, II, LIII)
"Love conquers all; let us, too, yield to Love!" (Eclogues, book X, line 69)
"Love is lord of all, and is in all the same." (Georgics, book III, lines 242–244)
Aristotelianism
"And if the virtuous man feels towards his friend in the same way as he feels towards himself (for his friend is a second self), then, just as a man's own existence is desirable for him, so, or nearly so, is his friend's existence also desirable." (Nicomachean Ethics)
"The forms of Virtue are justice, courage, temperance, magnificence, magnanimity, liberality, gentleness, prudence, wisdom." (Rhetoric 1366b1)
Arya Samaj
"Do good to the world, that is, to promote physical, spiritual and social good of everyone." (10 Principles of Arya Samaj)
"No one should be content with promoting his/her good only; on the contrary, one should look for his/her good in promoting the good of all." (10 Principles of Arya Samaj)
"Our conduct towards all should be guided by love, righteousness and justice." (10 Principles of Arya Samaj)
Atheism
"1. Do not condemn people on the basis of their ethnicity or their color.
2. Do not ever even think of using people as private property, or as owned, or as slaves.
3. Despise those who use violence or the threat of it in sexual relations.
4. Hide your face and weep if you dare to harm a child.
5. Do not condemn people for their inborn nature — why would God create so many homosexuals only in order to torture and destroy them?
6. Be aware that you, too, are an animal, and dependent on the web of nature. Try and think and act accordingly.
7. Do not imagine that you can escape judgement if you rob people with a false prospectus rather than with a knife." (Christopher Hitchens)
"Thou shalt try real hard not to kill anyone." (George Carlin)
"Treat others as you would want them to treat you, and can reasonably expect them to want to be treated. Think about their perspective." (The Atheists' New Ten Commandments)
"1. Do not do to others what you would not want them to do to you.
2. In all things, strive to cause no harm.
3. Treat your fellow human beings, your fellow living things, and the world in general with love, honesty, faithfulness and respect.
4. Do not overlook evil or shrink from administering justice, but always be ready to forgive wrongdoing freely admitted and honestly regretted." (The God Delusion)
Bahá'í Faith
"If religion becomes a cause of dislike, hatred and division it were better to be without it." (ʻAbduʼl-Bahá)
"See ye no strangers; rather see all men as friends, for love and unity come hard when ye fix your gaze on otherness." (ʻAbduʼl-Bahá)
"To live life is: To be no cause of grief to anyone. To be kind to all people and love them with a pure spirit." (ʻAbduʼl-Bahá)
“Women have equal rights with men upon earth; in religion and society they are a very important element. As long as women are prevented from attaining their highest possibilities, so long will men be unable to achieve the greatness which might be theirs.” (Addresses given by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Paris in 1911–1912)
"Close your eyes to racial differences and welcome all with the light of oneness." (Advent of Divine Justice)
"O SON OF MAN! Deny not My servant should he ask anything from thee, for his face is My face; be then abashed before Me." (Bahá'u'lláh)
"The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens." (Baha'u'llah)
“If thine eyes be turned towards justice, choose thou for thy neighbor that which thou choosest for thyself.” (Epistle to the Son of the Wolf)
"Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity. Be worthy of the trust of thy neighbor, and look upon him with a bright and friendly face. Be a treasure to the poor, an admonisher to the rich, an answerer of the cry of the needy, a preserver of the sanctity of thy pledge. Be fair in thy judgment, and guarded in thy speech. Be unjust to no man, and show all meekness to all men. Be as a lamp unto them that walk in darkness, a joy to the sorrowful, a sea for the thirsty, a haven for the distressed, an upholder and defender of the victim of oppression. Let integrity and uprightness distinguish all thine acts. Be a home for the stranger, a balm to the suffering, a tower of strength for the fugitive. Be eyes to the blind, and a guiding light unto the feet of the erring. Be an ornament to the countenance of truth, a crown to the brow of fidelity, a pillar of the temple of righteousness, a breath of life to the body of mankind, an ensign of the hosts of justice, a luminary above the horizon of virtue, a dew to the soil of the human heart, an ark on the ocean of knowledge, a sun in the heaven of bounty, a gem on the diadem of wisdom, a shining light in the firmament of thy generation, a fruit upon the tree of humility." (Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh)
"Lay not on any soul a load that you would not wish to be laid upon you, and desire not for any one the things you would not desire for yourself." (Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh)
"O contending peoples and kindreds of the earth! Set your faces towards unity, and let the radiance of its light shine upon you." (Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh)
"In the garden of thy heart, plant naught but the rose of love." (Hidden Words)
“Ascribe not to any soul that which thou wouldst not have ascribed to thee, and say not that which thou doest not.” (Hidden Words, Arabic 29)
"There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future." (Persian Rosary)
"Man can receive no greater gift than this, That he rejoice another's heart." (Selections From the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá)
“Blessed is he who preferreth his brother before himself.” (Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh)
"It is our duty in this radiant century to investigate the essentials of divine religion, seek the realities underlying the oneness of the world of humanity and discover the source of fellowship and agreement which will unite mankind in the heavenly bond of love. This unity is the radiance of eternity, the divine spirituality, the effulgence of God and the bounty of the Kingdom." (The Promulgation of Universal Peace)
Bishnoism
"Be merciful by heart." (29 rules)
"Be merciful to all living beings and love them." (29 rules)
"Practice forgiveness from heart." (29 rules)
"Provide shelters for abandoned animals to avoid them from being slaughtered in abattoirs." (29 rules)
Buddhism
"Loving-kindness, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity." (Brahmavihara)
"Equality may be a fiction but nonetheless one must accept it as governing principle." (B. R. Ambedkar)
"Every man who repeats the dogma of Mill that one country is no fit to rule another country must admit that one class is not fit to rule another class." (B. R. Ambedkar)
"I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity." (B. R. Ambedkar)
"I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved." (B. R. Ambedkar)
"Indifferentism is the worst kind of disease that can affect people." (B. R. Ambedkar)
"Buddhism teaches prajna (understanding as against superstition), love, and equality. This is what man wants for a good and happy life." (B. R. Ambedkar)
"Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth." (Buddha)
"Generosity, virtue, renunciation, insight, diligence, patience, honesty, determination, friendliness, and serenity." (Buddhavamsa)
"Never does hatred cease by hating in return; only through love can hatred come to an end. Victory breeds hatred; the conquered dwell in sorrow and resentment. They who give up all thought of victory or defeat may be calm and live happily at peace. Let us overcome violence by gentleness; let us overcome evil by good; Let us overcome the miserly by liberality; let us overcome the liar by truth." (Dhammapada)
"Better than a thousand useless words is one single word that gives peace." (Dhammapada, chapter 8)
“Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill.” (Dhammapada, verse 129)
"Victory begets enmity; the defeated dwell in pain. Happily the peaceful live, discarding both victory and defeat." (Dhammapada, verse 201)
"Conquer anger by love." (Dhammapada, verse 223)
“I observe, abstaining from taking life, abstaining from taking what is not given, abstaining from sensuous misconduct, abstaining from false speech, and abstaining from intoxicants.” (Five Precepts)
"Let none deceive another, or despise any being in any state. Let none through anger or ill-will wish harm upon another." (Metta Sutta)
"One should not commit any slight wrong on account of which wise men might censure one." (Metta Sutta)
"Although you may spend your life killing, You will not exhaust all your foes. But if you quell your own anger, your real enemy will be slain." (Nāgārjuna)
"If you wish for your happiness, you should first pray for the peace of the surroundings." (Nichiren)
"Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, and Right Concentration." (Noble Eightfold Path)
"We wish to find ways we can be of support to each other as a community in responding to current events, to create loving connection rather than more trauma and fomenting fear." (Order of Interbeing)
"Comparing oneself to others in such terms as "Just as I am so are they, just as they are so am I," he should neither kill nor cause others to kill." (Sutta Nipata 705)
"All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives." (Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama)
"Common aim of all religions, an aim that everyone must try to find, is to foster tolerance, altruism and love." (Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama)
"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion." (Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama)
"My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness." (Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama)
"Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them." (Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama)
"The Great Vehicle path requires the vast motivation of a Bodhisattva, who, not seeking just his or her welfare, takes on the burden of bringing about the welfare of all sentient beings." (Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama)
"The purpose of religion is to control yourself, not to criticize others." (Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama)
"We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection." (Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama)
"When there's peace among religions, there will be peace in the world." (Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama)
"Aware of the suffering caused by exploitation, social injustice, stealing, and oppression, we are committed to cultivating generosity in our way of thinking, speaking, and acting. We will practice loving kindness in working for the well-being of people, animals, plants, and minerals and sharing our time, energy, and material resources with those who are in need." (Thich Nhat Hanh)
"Aware of the suffering created by fanaticism and intolerance, we are determined not to be idolatrous about or bound to any doctrine, theory, or ideology, even Buddhist ones. We are committed to seeing the Buddhist teachings as a guiding means that help us learn to look deeply and develop understanding and compassion. They are not doctrines to fight, kill, or die for." (Thich Nhat Hanh)
"Aware that true happiness is rooted in peace, solidity, freedom and compassion, we are determined not to accumulate wealth while millions are hungry and dying, nor to take as the aim of our life fame, power, wealth, or sensual pleasure, which can bring much suffering and despair." (Thich Nhat Hanh)
"O how they cling and wrangle, some who claim for preacher and monk the honored name! For, quarreling, each to his view they cling. Such folk see only one side of a thing." (Udana 68–69)
“Look where you will, there is nothing dearer to man than himself; therefore, as it is the same thing that is dear to you and to others, hurt not others with what pains yourself.” (Udanavarga 5:18)
Catholicism
"God is friendship… He who abides in friendship abides in God, and God in him." (Aelred of Rievaulx)
"If you have two shirts in your closet, one belongs to you and the other to the man with no shirt." (Ambrose)
"An unjust law is no law at all." (Augustine of Hippo)
"He who is filled with love is filled with God himself." (Augustine of Hippo)
"Love, and do what thou wilt." (Augustine of Hippo)
"Love the sinner and hate the sin." (Augustine of Hippo)
"What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like." (Augustine of Hippo)
"The Lord asks us to love as he does, even our enemies, to make ourselves the neighbor of those farthest away, and to love children and the poor as Christ himself." (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1825)
"In response to the question about the first of the commandments, Jesus says: "The first is, 'Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.' the second is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these." The apostle St. Paul reminds us of this: "He who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. the commandments, 'You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,' and any other commandment, are summed up in this sentence, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law."" (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2196)
"Animals are God's creatures. He surrounds them with his providential care. By their mere existence they bless him and give him glory. Thus men owe them kindness. We should recall the gentleness with which saints like St. Francis of Assisi or St. Philip Neri treated animals." (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2416)
"It is contrary to human dignity to cause animals to suffer or die needlessly." (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2418)
"Rich nations have a grave moral responsibility toward those which are unable to ensure the means of their development by themselves or have been prevented from doing so by tragic historical events. It is a duty in solidarity and charity; it is also an obligation in justice if the prosperity of the rich nations has come from resources that have not been paid for fairly." (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2439)
"When we attend to the needs of those in want, we give them what is theirs, not ours. More than performing works of mercy, we are paying a debt of justice." (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2446)
"For these four virtues (would that all felt their influence in their minds as they have their names in their mouths!), I should have no hesitation in defining them: that temperance is love giving itself entirely to that which is loved; fortitude is love readily bearing all things for the sake of the loved object; justice is love serving only the loved object, and therefore ruling rightly; prudence is love distinguishing with sagacity between what hinders it and what helps it." (De moribus eccl., Chap. xv)
"It is quickly grounded that one must love their neighbor before they can love God, otherwise they are hypocritical." (Deus caritas est)
"We can, therefore, love God whom we cannot see by loving our neighbor whom we can see. Loving our neighbor is loving God. In the same manner it shows that love can be and is demanded of us. God demands that we love others before we love God so that our love is blameless and pure and not hypocritical." (Deus caritas est)
"If a soul does not exercise mercy one way or another, it will not obtain My mercy on the day of judgment. Oh, if only souls knew how to gather eternal treasure for themselves, they would not be judged, for they would forestall My judgment with My mercy.” (Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska,1317).
"Love kindled by virtue always kindles another, provided that its flame appear outwardly." (Divine Comedy, Purgatorio, Canto XXII, lines 10–12)
"Everything a baptized person does every day should be directly or indirectly related to the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy." (Dorothy Day)
"How many thousands, tens of thousands [of prisoners], are in for petty theft, while the 'robber barons' of our day get away with murder. Literally murder, accessories to murder. "Property is Theft." Proudhon wrote--The coat that hangs in your closet belongs to the poor. The early Fathers wrote--The house you don't live in, your empty buildings (novitiates, seminaries) belong to the poor. Property is Theft." (Dorothy Day)
"Love makes all things easy." (Dorothy Day)
"The mystery of the poor is this: That they are Jesus, and what you do for them you do for Him. It is the only way we have of knowing and believing in our love. The mystery of poverty is that by sharing in it, making ourselves poor in giving to others, we increase our knowledge of and belief in love." (Dorothy Day)
"May I be an enemy to no one and the friend of what abides eternally. May I never quarrel with those nearest me, and be reconciled quickly if I should. May I never plot evil against others, and if anyone plot evil against me, may I escape unharmed and without the need to hurt anyone else." (Eusebius of Caesarea)
"To know and love one other human being is the root of all wisdom." (Evelyn Waugh)
"Have a heart of gold." (Flannery O'Connor)
"Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love." (Francis of Assisi)
"O Master, let me not seek as much to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love, for it is in giving that one receives, it is in self-forgetting that one finds, it is in pardoning that one is pardoned, it is in dying that one is raised to eternal life." (Francis of Assisi)
"Peace and goodwill." (Francis of Assisi)
"I want the truth about homosexuality to be out. I want others to know that homosexuality is a gift. That you can live and love as God created you to love. We are created by love for love. Homosexuality is not a cross, it’s not a curse, it’s not an intrinsic disorder, it is a gift, created by love for love. It is a life-giving gift from God that embodies the infinite ways God’s love can be manifested in our world." (Fr. Gary M. Meier)
"Love all people regardless of who they love." (Fr. Gary M. Meier)
"When we as a Church are living the Gospel message, we celebrate diversity and unity. " (Fr. Gary M. Meier)
"Too many people get credit for being good, when they are only being passive." (Fulton J. Sheen)
"God knows that we should not despise anything. We must do our best." (Georges Bernanos)
"Blessed is he who loves and does not therefore desire to be loved; Blessed is he who fears and does not therefore desire to be feared; Blessed is he who serves and does not therefore desire to be served; Blessed is he who behaves well toward others and does not desire that others behave well toward him; And because these are great things, the foolish do not rise to them." (Golden Sayings of Blessed Giles of Assisi)
"There will be no peace among the nations without peace among the religions. There will be no peace among the religions without dialogue among the religions." (Hans Küng)
"We must fight the patriarchal misunderstanding of God." (Hans Küng)
"To give and not to count the cost." (Ignatius of Loyola)
"Christianity taught men that love is worth more than intelligence." (Jacques Maritain)
"Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy." (Jacques Maritain)
"You don't choose your orientation or gender identity any more than you choose to be left-handed." (James Martin)
"I am often reproached for continually attacking the rich. Yes, because the rich are continually attacking the poor." (John Chrysostom)
"Not to enable the poor to share in our goods is to steal from them and deprive them of life. the goods we possess are not ours, but theirs." (John Chrysostom)
"There is only one tragedy in the end, not to have been a saint." (Léon Bloy)
"I am a healthy homosexual man. I am not a monster. I am not bestial. I am a minority, but I have my dignity and this must be approved by my church." (Krzysztof Charamsa)
"I needed to say to my church, to reveal ‘I am gay and I am not sorry,’ and please you — my church, my community — must seriously think about persons like me. We have many good, fantastic homosexual persons — also lesbians — in religious life." (Krzysztof Charamsa)
"Love does not make you weak, because it is the source of all strength." (Léon Bloy)
"Be humble, be hospitable, be merciful, be faithful, reconcile, be vigilant, and be reliable." (Paul and Virtue Ethics)
"God is charity." (Pope Benedict XVI)
"God is love. On this solid rock the entire faith of the church is based." (Pope Benedict XVI)
"If someone is gay and is looking for the Lord, who am I to judge him? You should not discriminate against or marginalize these people." (Pope Francis)
"Let us respect and love one another as brothers and sisters! Let us learn to understand the pain of the other! May no one instrumentalize God’s name for violence! Let us work together for justice and peace!" (Pope Francis)
"This place of death became a place of life too, a place of saved lives, a hymn to the triumph of life over the prophets of destruction and death, to goodness over evil, to reconciliation and unity over hatred and division." (Pope Francis)
"When a person [who is gay] arrives before Jesus, Jesus certainly will not say, 'Go away because you are homosexual.'" (Pope Francis)
"You cannot insult the faith of others." (Pope Francis)
"Once the demands of necessity and propriety have been met, the rest that one owns belongs to the poor." (Pope Leo XIII)
"When we serve the poor and the sick, we serve Jesus. We must not fail to help our neighbors, because in them we serve Jesus." (Rose of Lima)
"Recognize that your neighbor feels as you do, and keep in mind your own dislikes." (Sirach 31:15)
“All things whatsoever that thou wouldst not wish to be done to thee, do thou also not to another.” (Teaching of the Twelve Apostles)
"To love is to will the good of another." (Thomas Aquinas)
"There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship." (Thomas Aquinas)
"Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another." (Thomas Merton)
"The idea that gays cannot be good priests is stupid, demeaning, unjust, and contrary to the facts." (Thomas Reese, Jesuit priest)
"Do to no one what you yourself dislike." (Tobit 4:15)
"The unity of all divided humanity is the will of God." (Ut Unum Sint, 6)
"She teaches temperance, and prudence, and justice, and fortitude, which are such things as men can have nothing more profitable in life." (Wisdom of Solomon 8:7)
Cao Dai
“To show kindness to nature, plants, animals, human beings, and to avoid unnecessary destruction of any creature, recognizing that they all have the Supreme Being's spirit and are part of nature's cycle.” (Cao Dai Teachings)
“Do not kill, do not steal, do not commit adultery, do not get drunk, do not sin by word.” (Five Precepts)
Chaos magick
"It is a mistake to consider any belief more liberated than another." (Peter J. Carroll)
Chapel of Russia's Resurrection
"My little friend, listen, my friend, peace is the dream of the people. Hearts old and young never have done singing the song you have sung." (May There Always Be Sunshine)
"Soldier lad, stay! Hear what we say— War would make all of us losers. Peace is our prize." (May There Always Be Sunshine)
Christianity
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres." (1 Corinthians 13:4-7)
"Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him." (1 John 3:15)
"God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them." (1 John 4:16)
"Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen." (1 John 4:20)
"Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry." (1 Timothy 4:1-3)
"Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels. And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful." (2 Timothy 2:23-24)
"Now the kinds of wisdom are right judgment, justice, courage, and self-control. Right judgment is supreme over all of these since by means of it reason rules over the emotions." (4 Maccabees 1:18–19)
"Jesus was consistently on the side of those who were outcast by society and bore the unfair burden of disdain, discrimination, and prejudice. It is likely that he would look at modern-day lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and hold real sympathy for them and their plight. He would have understood the implications of a system set up to benefit the heterosexual majority over the homosexual minority. It is hard to imagine Jesus joining in the wholesale discrimination against LGBT people." (Bishop Gene Robinson)
"Nothing in Scripture or orthodox theology precludes our opening the institution of marriage to same-gender couples. Those who oppose marriage equality for gay or lesbian couples, pleading for us not to “redefine” marriage, do not understand that gay marriage only builds up the traditional meaning of marriage. We are not changing its meaning but merely revising the list of those to whom it is available." (Bishop Gene Robinson)
"We can move to legalize same-gender civil marriage without harming any religious institution or dictating any change to the beliefs and practices of any faith." (Bishop Gene Robinson)
“My duty towards my neighbor is to love him as myself, and to do to all men as I would they should do unto me.” (Book of Common Prayer)
"Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness." (C. S. Lewis)
"True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less." (C. S. Lewis)
"My humanity is bound up in yours for we can only be human together." (Desmond Tutu)
"Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love." (Ephesians 4:2)
“Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.” (Ephesians 4:31-5:2)
“There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” (Galatians 3:28)
"You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: 'Love your neighbor as yourself."' (Galatians 5:13-14)
"Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it." (Hebrews 13:2)
“Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.” (Hebrews 13:3)
"As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead." (James 2:26)
"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another." (John 13:34)
"I’ve never met a man who experienced a change from homosexual to heterosexual." (John Smid)
"All faiths insist that compassion is the test of true spirituality and that it brings us into relation with the transcendence we call God, Brahman, Nirvana, or Dao. Each has formulated its own version of what is sometimes called the Golden Rule, ‘Do not treat others as you would not like them to treat you,’ or in its positive form, ‘Always treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself.’ Further, they all insist that you cannot confine your benevolence to your own group; you must have concern for everybody — even your enemies." (Karen Armstrong)
"All religions are designed to teach us how to live, joyfully, serenely, and kindly, in the midst of suffering." (Karen Armstrong)
"I want to change the conversation and bring compassion to the forefront of people’s attention." (Karen Armstrong)
"Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you." (Luke 6:27-28)
“Do to others as you would have them do to you.” (Luke 6:31)
“Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.” (Luke 6:37)
"So watch yourselves. If your brother or sister sins against you, rebuke them; and if they repent, forgive them." (Luke 17:3)
"Forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." (Luke 23:34)
"And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand." (Mark 3:25)
“Love your neighbor as yourself.” (Mark 12:31)
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.” (Matthew 5:3-10)
"You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’ But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire." (Matthew 5:21-22)
"If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles." (Matthew 5:41)
“Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” (Matthew 5:44)
"Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us." (Matthew 6:12)
“If you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.” (Matthew 6:14)
“You must forgive your brother seven times seventy.” (Matthew 18:22)
"When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’" (Matthew 25:38-40)
“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves.” (Philippians 2:3)
"Love is a command, not just a feeling." (Ravi Zacharias)
"I'm here to testify that there is no discernible difference between the love that same sex and heterosexual couples bring to the altar." (Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush)
"You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things." (Romans 2:1)
“Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.” (Romans 12:10)
"Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone." (Romans 12:17)
"Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." (Romans 12:21)
"Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law." (Romans 13:8)
"The Salvation Army stands against homophobia, which victimises people and can reinforce feelings of alienation, loneliness and despair. We want to be an inclusive church community where members of the LGBT community find welcome and the encouragement to develop their relationship with God ... Our international mission statement is very clear on this point when it says we will "meet human needs in [Jesus'] name without discrimination". Anyone who comes through our doors will be welcomed with love and service, based on their need and our capacity to provide." (Salvation Army mission statement)
Christian Science
"Happiness is spiritual, born of truth and love. It is unselfish; therefore it cannot exist alone, but requires all mankind to share it." (Mary Baker Eddy)
"I would no more quarrel with a man because of his religion than I would because of his art." (Mary Baker Eddy)
“We solemnly promise to watch, and pray for that Mind to be in us which was also in Christ Jesus; to do unto others as we would have them do unto us; and to be merciful, just, and pure.” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 497:24–27)
Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
"I’d really rather you didn’t use my existence as a means to oppress, subjugate, punish, eviscerate, and/or, you know, be mean to others. I don’t require sacrifices and purity is for drinking water, not people." (8 I’d Really Rather You Didn’ts)
"I’d really rather you didn’t judge people for the way they look, or how they dress, or the way they talk, or, well, just play nice, okay? Oh, and get this in your thick heads: woman = person. Man = person. Samey-samey. One is not better than the other." (8 I’d Really Rather You Didn’ts)
Church of the Last Testament
"Be pure in your words. For what has been heard does not litter, but what comes out of you can turn your soul into a vessel of stench. He, who lets mockery to another one out of his mouth, steps on the path leading to the dark of the abyss." (Last Testament, Directions, 2)
"Be pure in your thoughts. For thought is not only a prerequisite of the physical deeds, but it is a deed itself, emitting either warmth or cold.
He who has evil thoughts about another one, brings harm to the person's soul and plunges into the swamp of the darkness." (Last Testament, Directions, 4)
"You may kill a member of the animal or plant world only when there is a real need to do so. If the good, coming from it, is greater than the loss of the Nature. But try to restore even the smallest loss of the Nature in the span of your life." (Last Testament, Directions, 5)
"Many words have been written about the Faith, and many wise teachings said about it, but no-one perceives that all these books that have been written can be condensed into two lines: Love God! And love your neighbour!" (Last Testament, Pre-announcement, 174)
Communism
"Honor to those who help each other, and shame on those who seek gains at the expense of others." (Eight Honors and Eight Shames, 5)
"Collectivism and comradery: All for one and one for all." (Moral Code of the Builder of Communism, 5)
"Humane relationships between human beings: One human being is a friend, a comrade and a brother to another human being." (Moral Code of the Builder of Communism, 6)
"Mutual respect in the family, and care for the upbringing of the children." (Moral Code of the Builder of Communism, 8)
"Brotherly solidarity to all workers of all countries and nations." (Moral Code of the Builder of Communism, 12)
Confucianism
"I am not bothered by the fact that I am not understood. I am bothered when I do not know others." (Analects I.16)
"A young man should serve his parents at home and be respectful to elders outside his home. He should be earnest and truthful, loving all, but become intimate with his innate good-heartedness." (Analects I.6)
"When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points." (Analects IV.17)
"The Superior Man is aware of Righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage." (Analects IV.16)
“What I don't want done to me, I don't want to do to others.” (Analects V.12)
“The man of perfect virtue, wishing to be established himself, seeks also to establish others; wishing to be enlarged himself, he seeks also to enlarge others.” (Analects VI.30)
“Never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself.” (Analects XV.24)
"Benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and sincerity." (Five Constant Virtues)
"Benevolence is the characteristic element of humanity." (The Doctrine of the Mean)
"If one loves others just as one is disposed to love oneself, one realizes benevolence completely. This is illustrated by the words 'If something is done to you and you don't want it, then for your part don't do it to others." (Zhang Zai)
David Shayler
"My message is very simple and very pure. It's love God with all your heart, mind and soul; love your neighbour as yourself. There's only one piece of knowledge you've got to get right in the spiritual journey and that's about who God's chosen one is. Apart from that, you've got to realize that you take responsibility yourself, you don't blame others, you share unconditionally. If we all did that, the world would be a much safer and more peaceful place." (David Shayler)
Deism
"When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion." (Abraham Lincoln)
"Were I a Roman Catholic, perhaps I should on this occasion vow to build a chapel to some saint, but as I am not, if I were to vow at all, it should be to build a light-house." (Benjamin Franklin)
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." (Thomas Jefferson)
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." (Thomas Jefferson)
Dera Sacha Sauda
“To promote love and tolerance amongst people of all religions, castes, color and regions without any discrimination.” (About Dera Sacha Sauda, Mission)
"All religions are equally honoured and welcomed." (Principles of Dera Sacha Sauda)
"Dera Sacha Sauda believes in humanity as the greatest religion and is involved in the true service of humanity. The poor, helpless and sick are helped here in every possible manner." (Principles of Dera Sacha Sauda)
"DSS strictly opposes theft, dishonesty, bribery and corruption. People here are inspired to walk on the path of truth and honesty and serve humanity as this is necessary in today’s age." (Principles of Dera Sacha Sauda)
"In Dera Sacha Sauda no discrimination is made among people on the basis of rich and poor, inferior and superior, etc." (Principles of Dera Sacha Sauda)
Din-i Ilahi
"The compassionate heart of his majesty finds no pleasure in cruelties or in causing sorrow to others; he is ever sparing of the lives of his subjects, wishing to bestow happiness upon all." (Ain-i-Akbari)
"As most men are fettered by bonds of tradition, and by imitating ways followed by their fathers...everyone continues, without investigating their arguments and reasons, to follow the religion in which he was born and educated, thus excluding himself from the possibility of ascertaining the truth, which is the noblest aim of the human intellect. Therefore we associate at convenient seasons with learned men of all religions, thus deriving profit from their exquisite discourses and exalted aspirations." (Akbar the Great)
"Miracles occur in the temples of every creed." (Akbar the Great)
"My dear child… with all of God’s creatures, I am at peace; why should I permit myself, under any consideration, to be the cause of molestation or aggression to any one? Besides, are not five parts in six of mankind either Hindus or aliens to the faith; and were I to be governed by motives of the kind suggested in your inquiry, what alternative can I have but to put them all to death? I have thought it therefore my wisest plan to let these men alone." (Akbar the Great)
"My son, I love my own religion... but the Hindu minister also loves his religion. If he wants to spend money on his religion, what right do I have to prevent him... Does he not have the right to love the thing that is his very own?" (Akbar the Great)
Druze
"Veracity in speech and the truthfulness of the tongue." (Seven Druze precepts)
"Protection and mutual aid to the brethren in faith." (Seven Druze precepts)
Existentialism
"When we say that man chooses for himself, we do mean that every one of us must choose himself; but by that we also mean that in choosing for himself he chooses for all men. For in effect, of all the actions a man may take in order to create himself as he wills to be, there is not one which is not creative, at the same time, of an image of man such as he believes he ought to be. To choose between this or that is at the same time to affirm the value of that which is chosen; for we are unable ever to choose the worse. What we choose is always the better; and nothing can be better for us unless it is better for all." (Existentialism is a Humanism, pp. 291–292)
"We cannot avoid using power, cannot escape the compulsion to afflict the world, so let us, cautious in diction and mighty in contradiction, love powerfully." (Martin Buber)
Falun Gong
"Assimilation to the highest qualities of the universe—Zhen, Shan, Ren—is the foundation of practice. Practice is guided by these supreme qualities, and based on the very laws which underlie the development of the cosmos." (Brief Introduction to Falun Dafa)
“Truth, compassion and forbearance.” (Li Hongzhi)
Feminism
"Because man and woman are the complement of one another, we need woman's thought in national affairs to make a safe and stable government." (Elizabeth Cady Stanton)
"But when at last woman stands on an even platform with man, his acknowledged equal everywhere, with the same freedom to express herself in the religion and government of the country, then, and not until then, will he be able to legislate as wisely and generously for her as for himself." (Elizabeth Cady Stanton)
"Dress loose, take a great deal of exercise, and be particular about your diet and sleep sound enough, the body has a great effect on the mind." (Elizabeth Cady Stanton)
"I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives, but as nouns." (Elizabeth Cady Stanton)
"So long as women are slaves, men will be knaves." (Elizabeth Cady Stanton)
"The happiest people I have known have been those who gave themselves no concern about their own souls, but did their uttermost to mitigate the miseries of others." (Elizabeth Cady Stanton)
"The new religion will teach the dignity of human nature and its infinite possibilities for development. It will teach the solidarity of the race -- that all must rise and fall as one. Its creed will be justice, liberty, equality for all the children of earth." (Elizabeth Cady Stanton)
"To live for a principle, for the triumph of some reform by which all mankind are to be lifted up—to be wedded to an idea—may be, after all, the holiest and happiest of marriages." (Elizabeth Cady Stanton)
"To throw obstacles in the way of a complete education is like putting out the eyes; to deny the rights of property is like cutting off the hands. To refuse political equality is to rob the ostracized of all self-respect, of credit in the market place, of recompense in the world of work, of a voice in choosing those who make and administer the law, a choice in the jury before whom they are tried, and in the judge who decides their punishment." (Elizabeth Cady Stanton)
"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal." (Elizabeth Cady Stanton)
"The basic freedom of the world is woman's freedom. A free race cannot be born of slave mothers. A woman enchained cannot choose but give a measure of that bondage to her sons and daughters. No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her body. No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother." (Margaret Sanger)
"The church has ever opposed the progress of woman on the ground that her freedom would lead to immorality. We ask the church to have more confidence in women. We ask the opponents of this movement to reverse the methods of the church, which aims to keep women moral by keeping them in fear and in ignorance, and to inculcate into them a higher and truer morality based upon knowledge. And ours is the morality of knowledge. If we cannot trust woman with the knowledge of her own body, then I claim that two thousand years of Christian teaching has proved to be a failure." (Margaret Sanger)
"I do not wish [women] to have power over men; but over themselves." (Mary Wollstonecraft)
"It is vain to expect virtue from women till they are in some degree independent of men." (Mary Wollstonecraft)
"Till women are more rationally educated, the progress in human virtue and improvement in knowledge must receive continual checks." (Mary Wollstonecraft)
"Women ought to have representatives, instead of being arbitrarily governed without any direct share allowed them in the deliberations of government." (Mary Wollstonecraft)
"The prevalence of high mortality rates at illegal "abortion mills" strengthens, rather than weakens, the State's interest in regulating the conditions under which abortions are performed. Moreover, the risk to the woman increases as her pregnancy continues. Thus, the State retains a definite interest in protecting the woman's own health and safety when an abortion is proposed at a late stage of pregnancy." (Roe v. Wade, Section VII)
"A state criminal abortion statute of the current Texas type, that excepts from criminality only a life-saving procedure on behalf of the mother, without regard to pregnancy stage and without recognition of the other interests involved, is violative of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment." (Roe v. Wade, Section XI)
"In the criminal code we find no feminine pronouns, as "He," "His," "Him," we are arrested, tried and hung, but singularly enough, we are denied the highest privileges of citizens, because the pronouns "She," "Hers" and "Her," are not found in the constitutions. It is a pertinent question, if women can pay the penalties of their crimes as "He," why may they not enjoy the privileges of citizens as "He"?" (The Woman’s Bible)
"Truth is the only safe ground to stand upon." (The Woman’s Bible)
"Yes, I am a Free Lover. I have an inalienable, constitutional and natural right to love whom I may, to love as long or as short a period as I can; to change that love every day if I please, and with that right neither you nor any law you can frame have any right to interfere." (Victoria Woodhull)
First Church of Cannabis
"Don't be an asshole. Treat everyone with love as an equal." (Deity Dozen)
"Help others when you can. Not for money, but because it's needed." (Deity Dozen)
"Do not take advantage of people. Do not intentionally hurt anything." (Deity Dozen)
"Protect those who can not protect themselves." (Deity Dozen)
Fourth Way
"Treat everyone as if he or she was a close relative." (82 commandments, 6)
"Do not lie or steal, for you lie to yourself and steal from yourself." (82 commandments, 10)
"In any discussion, put yourself in the other person’s place." (82 commandments, 34)
"Help others to help themselves." (82 commandments, 38)
"Transform your hate into charity." (82 commandments, 45)
"Regard what does not belong to you as if it did belong to you." (82 commandments, 47)
"When you realize you have said something that is mistaken, do not persist in error through pride; instead, immediately retract it." (82 commandments, 58)
"If you decide to work to help others, do it with pleasure." (82 commandments, 73)
"If you are meditating and a devil appears, make the devil meditate too." (82 commandments, 82)
"Remorse of conscience for the ill-treatment of animals." (G. I. Gurdjieff)
"Respect every religion." (G. I. Gurdjieff)
"Here there are neither Russians nor English, Jews nor Christians." (G. I. Gurdjieff)
Gnosticism
"Do not lie, and what you abhor, do not do." (Gospel of Thomas, Saying 6)
"If two make peace with each other in this one house, they will say to the mountain, 'Move Away,' and it will move away." (Gospel of Thomas, Saying 48)
“Say unto them: Be ye loving-unto-men, that ye may be worthy of the mysteries of the Light and go on high into the Light-kingdom. Say unto them: Be ye gentle, that ye may receive the mysteries of the Light and go on high into the Light-kingdom. Say unto them: Be ye peaceful, that ye may receive the mysteries of the Light and go on high into the Light-kingdom. Say unto them: Be ye merciful, that ye may receive the mysteries of the Light and go on high into the Light-kingdom.” (Pistis Sophia: A Third Book: Chapter 102)
Googlism
"Thou shalt honor thy fellow humans, regardless of gender, sexual orientation or race." (10 Commandments)
"Thou shall not plagiarize or take undue credit for other’s work." (10 Commandments)
Gothicism
"Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence were all my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!" (A Christmas Carol)
"But I am sure I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round — apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin, if anything belonging to it can be apart from that — as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys." (A Christmas Carol)
"The happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune." (A Christmas Carol)
"Love never dies." (Bram Stoker's Dracula)
"Live, and be happy, and make others so." (Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus)
Happy Science
"The Principle of Love teaches people to love others... The Principle of Love states that true love is “love that gives,” and that giving love without any expectations or conditions is the starting point of happiness. It is selfless love, detached from personal desires. Real love is based on the understanding that we all have the same divine nature – we are, in essence, one." (The Fourfold Path)
Hare Krishna movement
“Ahimsa, non-violence, means that one should not do anything which will put others into misery or confusion.” (A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada)
"The humble sage, by virtue of true knowledge, sees with equal vision a learned and gentle brahmana, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater." (Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 5)
"That one I love who is incapable of ill will, and returns love for hatred." (Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 12)
"One who is equal to friends and enemies, who is equiposed in honor and dishonor, heat and cold, happiness and distress, fame and infamy, who is always free from contamination, always silent and satisfied with anything, who doesn't care for any residence, who is fixed in knowledge and engaged in devotional service, is very dear to Me." (Bhagavad Gita 12:18-19)
"There are three gates leading to the hell of self-destruction for the soul—lust, anger, and greed. Therefore, all should abandon these three." (Bhagavad Gita 16:21)
"O hunter, good qualities like nonviolence, which you have developed, are not very astonishing, for those who are engaged in the Lord’s devotional service are never inclined to give pain to others because of envy." (Chaitanya Caritamrta, Madhya Lila, 22.147)
Hawaiian religion
"Never mistreat an old woman, she might be Pele in disguise." (Hawaiian proverb)
"I'm sorry, please forgive me, thank you, I love you." (Hoʻoponopono)
"If you are angry for two or three days, sickness will come." (Ni-Vanuatu)
Heathenry
"None so good that he has no faults, None so wicked that he is worth naught." (Elder Edda)
"Be your friend’s true friend. Return gift for gift. Repay laughter with laughter again." (Hávamál)
"Man is man’s joy." (Hávamál, verse 47)
"To maintain candour and fidelity in love and devotion to the tried friend: though he strike me I will do him no scathe." (Nine Noble Virtues)
"To deal not hardly with the humble and the lowly." (Nine Noble Virtues)
"To succour the friendless." (Nine Noble Virtues)
Heaven's Gate
"Be honest in your judgment and do not decide at a glance (superficially and by appearances); but judge fairly and righteously." (John 7:24)
"Do not judge and criticize and condemn others, so that you may not be judged and criticized and condemned yourselves. For just as you judge and criticize and condemn others, you will be judged and criticized and condemned, and in accordance with the measure you deal out to others, it will be dealt out again to you." (Matthew 7:1-2)
Hinduism
"As you love your own body, so regard everyone as equal to your own body. When the Supreme Experience supervenes, everyone’s service is revealed as one’s own service. Call it a bird, an insect, an animal or a man, call it by any name you please; one serves one’s own Self in every one of them." (Anandamayi Ma)
"Jesus is ideal and wonderful, but you Christians, you are not like him." (Bara Dada)
"Nonviolence, truthfulness, nonstealing, purity, sense control--this, in brief, says Manu, is the dharma of all the four castes." (Dharma Shastras: 10)
"Always do good to others. Be selfless. Mentally remove everything and be free. This is divine life. This is the direct way to Moksha or salvation." (Immortal Teachings of Sri Swami Sivananda, p. 29)
"Who sees all beings in his own self and his own self in all beings, loses all fear." (Isa Upanishad)
"He who sees himself in all beings, and all beings in him, attains the highest Brahman, not by any other means." (Kaivalya Upanishad 10)
"The women of the royal harem cannot see or meet any men on account of their being strictly guarded, neither do they have their desires satisfied, because their only husband is common to many wives. For this reason among themselves they give pleasure to each other in various ways as now described." (Kama Sutra, Chapter VI)
"In all things connected with love, everybody should act according to the custom of his country and his own inclination." (Kama Sutra, Chapter IX)
"Do not do to others what you know has hurt yourself." (Kural 316)
"Why does one hurt others knowing what it is to be hurt?" (Kural 318)
“This is the sum of duty; do naught onto others what you would not have them do unto you.” (Mahabharata 5,1517)
“One should never do that to another which one regards as injurious to one’s own self. This, in brief, is the rule of dharma. Other behavior is due to selfish desires.” (Mahabharata, Anushasana Parva 113:8)
"Those high-souled persons who desire beauty, faultlessness of limbs, long life, understanding, mental and physical strength and memory should abstain from acts of injury." (Mahabharata 18:115.8)
"Ahimsa is the highest dharma. Ahimsa is the best tapas. Ahimsa is the greatest gift. Ahimsa is the highest self-control. Ahimsa is the highest sacrifice. Ahimsa is the highest power. Ahimsa is the highest friend. Ahimsa is the highest truth. Ahimsa is the highest teaching." (Mahabharata 18:116.37-41.)
"Humanize, Equalize and Spiritualize." (Mahadev Govind Ranade)
"The preamble to the Regulation says that women were employed wholesale to entice and take away the wives or female children for purposes of prostitution, and it was common practice among husbands and fathers to desert their families and children. Public conscience there was none, and in the absence of conscience it was futile to expect moral indignation against the social wrongs. Indeed the Brahmins were engaged in defending every wrong for the simple reason that they lived on them. They defended Untouchability which condemned millions to the lot of the helot. They defended caste, they defended female child marriage and they defended enforced widowhood—the two great props of the Caste system. They defended the burning of widows, and they defended the social system of graded inequality with its rule of hypergamy which led the Rajputs to kill in their thousands the daughters that were born to them. What shames! What wrongs! Can such a Society show its face before civilized nations? Can such a society hope to survive?" (Mahadev Govind Ranade)
"We have above all to learn what is to bear and forbear-to bear ridicule, insults, even personal injuries at times, and forebear from returning abuse for abuse. In the words of the Prophet of Nazareth, we have to take up the cross, not because it is pleasant to be persecuted, but because the pain and injury are as nothing by the side of the principle for which they are endured." (Mahadev Govind Ranade)
"An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind." (Mahatma Gandhi)
"I came to the conclusion long ago that all religions were true and that also that all had some error in them, and while I hold by my own religion, I should hold other religions as dear as Hinduism. So we can only pray, if we were Hindus, not that a Christian should become a Hindu; but our innermost prayer should be that a Hindu should become a better Hindu, a Muslim a better Muslim, and a Christian a better Christian." (Mahatma Gandhi)
"God has no religion." (Mahatma Gandhi)
"My Anekāntavāda is the result of the twin doctrine of Satyagraha and ahiṃsā." (Mahatma Gandhi)
"The world is one big family." (Maha Upanishad)
"Women must be honoured and adorned by their fathers, brothers, husbands, and brothers-in-law, who desire their own welfare. Where women are revered, there the gods rejoice; but where they are not, no sacred rite bears any fruit." (Manusmriti 3.55-56)
"By not injuring any creatures, by detaching the senses from objects of enjoyment, by the rites prescribed in the Veda, and by rigorously practising austerities, men gain that state even in this world." (Manusmriti 6.75)
"He who does not injure any creature, attains without an effort what he thinks of, what he undertakes, and what he fixes his mind on." (Manusmriti 5.47)
"There is no sin in eating meat, in drinking spirituous liquor, and in carnal intercourse, for that is the natural way of created beings, but abstention brings great rewards." (Manusmriti 5.56)
"Abstention from injuring creatures, veracity, abstention from unlawfully appropriating the goods of others, purity, and control of the organs, Manu has declared to be the summary of the law for the four castes." (Manusmriti 10.63)
"If we have love and compassion in our hearts, then we will wholeheartedly serve those who suffer from lack of food, clothing and shelter." (Mata Amritanandamayi)
"Love is the only medicine that can heal the wounds of the world." (Mata Amritanandamayi)
"Love one another without any expectations. Then, there is no need to go anywhere in search of heaven." (Mata Amritanandamayi)
"May peace and happiness prevail." (Mata Amritanandamayi)
"May your thoughts, words and actions arise from love." (Mata Amritanandamayi)
"Serve all, love all." (Mata Amritanandamayi)
"Unity is peace." (Mata Amritanandamayi)
“One should cultivate such good qualities as non-violence, truthfulness, cleanliness, compassion, and faith.” (Narada Bhakti Sutra)
"Treat every one as God." (Narayan Maharaj)
"Love everyone, serve everyone, feed everyone, remember God." (Neem Karoli Baba)
"If the entire Dharma can be said in a few words, then it is—that which is unfavorable to us, do not do that to others." (Padma Purana, shrushti 19:357–358)
"Love is prayer." (Rajneesh's "Ten Commandments")
"You do not like to suffer yourself. How can you inflict suffering on others? Every killing is a suicide. The eternal, blissful, and natural state has been smothered by this life of ignorance. In this way the present life is due to the killing of the eternal, pristine Being. Is it not a case of suicide?' (Ramana Maharshi)
"May peace prevail everywhere." (Rigveda)
"Refrain from killing knowingly even the trifling insects like a louse, a bug or a mosquito. Use no violence even to gain possession of a woman, wealth or kingdom. Never kill any animals even for the purpose of sacrifice. Non-violence is the greatest of all religions." (Sahajanand Saraswati)
"Love one another and help others to rise to the higher levels, simply by pouring out love. Love is infectious and the greatest healing energy." (Sai Baba of Shirdi)
"If anyone does any evil unto you, do not retaliate. If you can do anything, do some good unto others." (Sai Satcharitra, chapter X)
"For the Hindu, every religion is true, if only its adherents sincerely and honestly follow it. They will then get beyond the creed to the experience, beyond the formula to the vision of the truth." (Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan)
"The Hindu sage sees the whole of life. If he does not fight, it is not because he rejects all fighting as futile, but because he has finished his fights. He has overcome all dissensions between himself and the world and is now at rest." (Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan)
"Easeful, peaceful and useful." (Satchidananda Saraswati)
"Ahimsa is the not causing of any pain to any living being at any time through the actions of one's mind, speech, or body." (Shandilya Upanishad)
"By hating that person, you have lost something very sweet in yourself." (Sri Chinmoy)
"Judge nothing, you will be happy. Forgive everything, you will be happier. Love everything, you will be happiest." (Sri Chinmoy)
"To be free from violence is the duty of every man. No thought of revenge, hatred or ill will should arise in our minds. Injuring others gives rise to hatred." (Swami Sivananda)
"A faqir has no particular religion: he is common to all. Wherever I go there will be no dearth of devotees, as I belong to all, and all belong to me." (Swami Swarupanand)
"Om! May God protect us both together; may God nourish us both together; May we work conjointly with great energy, may our study be vigorous and effective; May we not hate any. Om! Let there be peace in me! Let there be peace in my environment! Let there be peace in the forces that act on me!" (Taittiriya Upanishad)
“Be one to whom a mother is as god, be one to whom a father is as god, Be one to whom a teacher is as god, be one to whom a guest is as god. Let your actions be uncensurable, none else. Those acts that you consider good when done to you, do those to others, none else.” (Taittirĩya Upanishad, I.11.2)
"If a man inflicts sorrow on another in the morning, sorrow will come to him unbidden in the afternoon." (Tiru Kural, Verse 319)
"Not to trouble anybody in the least. To suffer for and be useful to others. To remain contented in a state of Be as it may." (Upasni Maharaj)
"May all beings look at me with a friendly eye. May I do likewise, and may we all look on each other with the eyes of a friend.' (Yajurveda: 36.18)
"When one is established in non-injury, beings give up their mutual animosity in his presence." (Yoga Sutras of Patanjali)
Homaranismo
"Break, break the walls between the peoples." (L. L. Zamenhof)
"One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself." (L. L. Zamenhof)
"We should be well aware of the full importance of this day, because today, within the welcoming walls of Boulogne-sur-Mer, there meet not Frenchmen with Englishmen, not Russians with Poles, but people with people." (L. L. Zamenhof)
Humanism
“Do not do to others what you would not want them to do to you.” (Adam Lee, Ebon Musings, "A decalogue for the modern world")
"If I were not an atheist, I would believe in a God who would choose to save people on the basis of the totality of their lives and not the pattern of their words. I think he would prefer an honest and righteous atheist to a TV preacher whose every word is God, God, God, and whose every deed is foul, foul, foul." (Isaac Asimov)
"Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead." (Kurt Vonnegut Jr.)
“Do not treat people in a way you would not wish to be treated yourself.” (Maria MacLachlan, Think Humanism)
“Learn to treat others in the way that you want to be treated.” (Silo's Message, The Path)
"A person is a person through other people." (Ubuntu philosophy)
Illuminati
"Should you seek might, power, false honor, excess — seek that we would work for you to provide your temporal advantages — we will bring you as close to the throne as you wish, and then turn you over to the consequences of your folly, but our inner sanctuary remains closed to such. But should you want to learn wisdom — want to learn to make mankind more clever, better, free and happy — then be thrice welcomed by us." (Die neuesten Arbeiten des Spartacus und Philo in dem Illuminaten-Orden, pp. 9-10)
"This first stage of the life of the whole race is savagery, raw nature:… a condition in which man enjoys the most exquisite goods, equality and freedom, in full abundance, and would also enjoy them forever, if he would follow the hint of nature and understand the art of not abusing his powers and preventing the outbreak of his excessive passions." (Die neuesten Arbeiten des Spartacus und Philo in dem Illuminaten-Orden, pp. 20-21)
"They are free to choose any life path they desire and follow any morals they wish, providing that their beliefs are always in the interests of the human species as a whole." (Tenet Of Freedom And Belief)
"Would an all-intelligent, all-knowing, all-powerful god have any care for the name used in his worship? Would a god command the harm of another when his justice can be served without your aid? Simply do what is right and good for the benefit of your species, and whatever higher power exists will reward you for your stewardship." (Tenet Of God And Satan)
Inca religion
“Each one should do unto others as he would have others do unto him.” (Manco Cápac)
"He that kills another without authority or just cause, condemns himself to death." (The Festival of the Sun)
"Impatience is the sign of a vile and base mind, badly taught and worse accustomed." (The Festival of the Sun)
Islam
"I am a beggar for the poor. Serving humanity is the biggest Jihad." (Abdul Sattar Edhi)
"My religion is humanitarianism, which is the basis of every religion in the world. (Abdul Sattar Edhi)
"No religion is higher than humanity." (Abdul Sattar Edhi)
"To me serving the destitute and deprived of rights is just like praying and all human beings are equal and they all deserve equal treatment, respect, care and love." (Abdul Sattar Edhi)
"Do not commit treachery or deviate from the right path. You must not mutilate dead bodies. Neither kill a child, nor a woman, nor an aged man. Bring no harm to the trees, nor burn them with fire, especially those which are fruitful. Slay not any of the enemy's flock, save for your food. You are likely to pass by people who have devoted their lives to monastic services; leave them alone." (Abu Bakr)
"And do not insult those they invoke other than Allah, lest they insult Allah in enmity without knowledge. Thus We have made pleasing to every community their deeds. Then to their Lord is their return, and He will inform them about what they used to do." (Al-Anʻām, 6:108)
"And We made them leaders guiding by Our command. And We inspired to them the doing of good deeds, establishment of prayer, and giving of zakah; and they were worshippers of Us." (Al-Anbiya, 21:73)
"But if the enemy incline towards peace, do thou also incline towards peace, and trust in Allah: for He is One that heareth and knoweth all things. (Al-Anfal, 8:61)
"Those who believed and adopted exile and fought for the Faith, with their property and their persons, in the cause of Allah, as well as those who gave them asylum and aid—these are all friends and protectors, one of another." (Al-Anfal, 8:72)
"Confound not truth with falsehood, nor knowingly conceal the truth." (Al-Baqarah, 2:42)
"It is not righteousness that ye turn your faces to the East and the West; but righteous is he who believeth in Allah and the Last Day and the angels and the Scripture and the Prophets; and giveth his wealth, for love of Him, to kinsfolk and to orphans and the needy and the wayfarer and to those who ask, and to set slaves free; and observeth proper worship and payeth the poor due. And those who keep their treaty when they make one, and the patient in tribulation and adversity and time of stress. Such are they who are sincere. Such are the God fearing." (Al-Baqarah, 2:42)
"Truly pious is he who spends his substance, however much he himself may cherish it, upon his near of kin, and the orphans, and the needy, and the wayfarer, and the beggars, and for the freeing of human beings from bondage." (Al-Baqarah, 2:177)
"Those who believe, and do deeds of righteousness, and establish regular prayers and regular charity, will have their reward with their Lord: on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve." (Al-Baqarah, 2:277)
"And the servants of Allah Most Gracious are those who walk on the earth in humility, and when the ignorant address them, they say, "Peace!"" (Al-Furqan, 25:63)
"O mankind! We created you from a single pair of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that ye may know each other (not that ye may despise each other). Verily the most honoured of you in the sight of Allah is he who is the most righteous of you." (Al-Hujurat, 49:13)
"Thy Lord hath decreed that ye worship none but Him, and that ye be kind to parents. Whether one or both of them attain old age in thy life, say not to them a word of contempt, nor repel them, but address them in terms of honour." (Al-Isra, 17:23)
"Pay, Oh Children of Adam, as you would love to be paid, and be just as you would love to have justice!" (Al-Kashshaaf 'an Haqa'iq at-Tanzil)
"For that cause We decreed for the Children of Israel that whosoever killeth a human being for other than manslaughter or corruption in the earth, it shall be as if he had killed all mankind, and whoso saveth the life of one, it shall be as if he had saved the life of all mankind." (Al-Ma'ida, 5:32)
"Verily, Allah is with those who are righteous and those who do good." (An-Nahl, 16:129)
“None of you truly believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself.” (An-Nawawi's Forty Hadith 13, p. 56)
"To parents do good, and to relatives, orphans, the needy, the near neighbor, the neighbor farther away, the companion at your side, the traveler, and those whom your right hands possess. Indeed, Allah does not like those who are self-deluding and boastful." (An-Nisa, 4:36)
"And let not those who possess dignity and ease among you swear not to give to the near of kind and to the needy, and to refugees for the cause of God. Let them forgive and show indulgence." (An-Nur, 24:22)
"And whatever you give for interest to increase within the wealth of people will not increase with Allah . But what you give in zakah, desiring the countenance of Allah - those are the multipliers." (Ar-Rum, 30:39)
"To see the other side, to defend another people, not despite your tradition but because of it, is the heart of pluralism." (Eboo Patel)
"All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over black nor a black has any superiority over white except by piety and good action." (Farewell Sermon)
"Even as the fingers of the two hands are equal, so are human beings equal to one another. No one has any right, nor any preference to claim over another. You are brothers." (Farewell Sermon)
"Those who do not give zakah, and in the Hereafter they are disbelievers." (Fussilat, 41:7)
"And good and evil are not alike. Repel evil with what is good. Then one, between whom and you there was enmity, will be like a close friend." (Fussilat, 41:34)
"Indeed, they who have believed and done righteous deeds and humbled themselves to their Lord - those are the companions of Paradise; they will abide eternally therein." (Hud, 11:23)
"If he is not your brother in faith, he is your brother in humanity." (Imam Ali)
"You are transsexual, and you have to go for the surgery. It is accepted in our religion." (Iranian mullah)
“The best of the believers are those who are best to their women.” (Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1162)
"Every person in this land has equal rights to be provided with food, shelter, clothing, education and medical facilities. Countries which cannot ensure these for their people can never progress." (Liaquat Ali Khan)
"Lo! those who believe and do good works, for them are the gardens of delight." (Luqman, 31:8)
"On those who believe and work deeds of righteousness, will the Most Gracious bestow love." (Maryam, 19:97)
"God does not look at your forms and possessions but He looks at your hearts and your deeds." (Muhammad)
"Kindness is a mark of faith, and whoever is not kind has no faith." (Muhammad)
“That which you want for yourself, seek for mankind.” (Muhammad)
"There are as many paths to God as there are human breaths." (Muhammad)
"To overcome evil with good is good, and to resist evil by evil is evil." (Muhammad)
"O' my child, make yourself the measure for dealings between you and others. Thus, you should desire for others what you desire for yourself and hate for others what you hate for yourself. Do not oppress as you do not like to be oppressed. Do good to others as you would like good to be done to you. Regard bad for yourself whatever you regard bad for others. Accept that treatment from others which you would like others to accept from you. Do not say to others what you do not like to be said to you." (Nahj al-Balagha)
"God willing, sex reassignment, if advised by a reliable doctor, is permissible." (Ruhollah Khomeini)
"If [transgender people] get the surgery, the gender will not change but their real gender that has long been hidden will become visible." (Ruhollah Khomeini)
"There is a reward for serving any living being." (Sahih al-Bukhari 2363)
"Conserve water even if you are on the banks of a running stream." (Sunan ibn Majah 425)
"I have learned that one should say "Peace!" to those who shout their hatred for one's being and presence or at one's passage." (Tariq Ramadan)
Jainism
"Due to extreme delusion produced on account of a partial viewpoint, the immature deny one aspect and try to establish another. This is the maxim of the blind men and the elephant." (Ācārya Mallisena)
"It is impossible to properly understand an entity consisting of infinite properties without the method of modal description consisting of all viewpoints, since it will otherwise lead to a situation of seizing mere sprouts, on the maxim of the blind men and the elephant." (Ācārya Mallisena)
"Just as sorrow or pain is not desirable to you, so it is to all which breathe, exist, live or have any essence of life." (Acharanga Sutra, Sutra 155-156)
"Non-violence is the supreme religion." (Five Great Vows)
"Right knowledge, right faith, and right conduct are the three most essentials for attaining liberation. In order to acquire these, one must observe the five great vows:
1. Non-violence
2. Truth
3. Non-stealing
4. Celibacy
5. Non-attachment" (Five Great Vows)
"Peace and Universal Love is the essence of the Gospel preached by all the Enlightened Ones. The Lord has preached that equanimity is the Dharma. I forgive all creatures, and may all creatures forgive me. Unto all have I amity, and unto none, enmity. Know that violence is the root cause of all miseries in the world. Violence in fact is the knot of bondage. "Do not injure any living being." This is the eternal, perennial, and unalterable way of spiritual life. A weapon, however powerful it may be, can always be superseded by a superior one; but no weapon can be superior to nonviolence and love." (Jain Prayer for Peace)
“Do not injure, abuse, oppress, enslave, insult, torment, torture or kill any creature or living being.” (Mahavira)
“In happiness and suffering, in joy and grief, we should regard all creatures as we regard our own self.” (Mahavira)
"There is nothing so small and subtle as the atom, nor any element so vast as space. Similarly, there is no quality of soul more subtle than nonviolence and no virtue of spirit greater than reverence for life." (Mahavira)
"Just as pain is not agreeable to you, it is so with others. Knowing this principle of equality treat other with respect and compassion." (Suman Suttam, verse 150)
"Killing a living being is killing one's own self; showing compassion to a living being is showing compassion to oneself. He who desires his own good, should avoid causing any harm to a living being." (Suman Suttam, verse 151)
“A man should wander about treating all creatures as he himself would be treated.” (Sutrakritanga, 1.11.33)
"Forbearance, Humility, Candor, Contentment, Truth-fullness, Self-restraint, Austerity, Renunciation, Non-attachment, Chastity." (Ten Virtues Of Monks)
"Monks are required to bear equanimity towards all living beings, friends and foes alike." (Ten Virtues Of Monks)
Jehovah's Witnesses
"But whoever has the material possessions of this world and sees his brother in need and yet refuses to show him compassion, in what way does the love of God remain in him?" (1 John 3:17, NWT)
“All things, therefore, that you want men to do to you, you also must do to them. This, in fact, is what the Law and the Prophets mean.” (Matthew 7:12, NWT)
Jiddu Krishnamurti
"Love is the most practical thing in the world. To love, to be kind, not to be greedy, not to be ambitious, not to be influenced by people but to think for yourself, these are all very practical things, and they will bring about a practical, happy society." (Jiddu Krishnamurti)
"When you call yourself an Indian or a Muslim or a Christian or a European, or anything else, you are being violent. Do you see why it is violent? Because you are separating yourself from the rest of mankind. When you separate yourself by belief, by nationality, by tradition, it breeds violence. So a man who is seeking to understand violence does not belong to any country, to any religion, to any political party or partial system; he is concerned with the total understanding of mankind." (Jiddu Krishnamurti)
"Compassion is the essence of the wholeness of life." (Letters to the Schools, vol. I, p. 113)
"Freedom and love go together. Love is not a reaction. If I love you because you love me, that is mere trade, a thing to be bought in the market; it is not love. To love is not to ask anything in return, not even to feel that you are giving something — and it is only such love that can know freedom." (Think on These Things)
Juche ideology
"To make the whole Korean peninsula nuclear-free was the behest of the great President Kim Il-sung, and it is the consistent stand of the government of our Republic." (Kim Jong-il)
"Revolutionaries, believe in the people and rely on them at all times and you shall always emerge victorious; if you are forsaken by them, you will always fail. Let this be your maxim in your life and struggle." (With the century, vol. 1)
"A free and peaceful new world without exploitation and oppression was the age-long dream and ideal of humanity." (With the century, vol. 3)
Judaism
"Blessed is he who implants peace and love." (2 Enoch 52:11)
"Living involves responsible understanding of one's role in relation to all other beings." (Abraham Joshua Heschel)
"Morally speaking, there is no limit to the concern one must feel for the suffering of human beings, that indifference to evil is worse than evil itself, that in a free society, some are guilty, but all are responsible." (Abraham Joshua Heschel)
"Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason." (Abraham Joshua Heschel)
"The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one's own tradition with reverence for different traditions." (Abraham Joshua Heschel)
"When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people." (Abraham Joshua Heschel)
"Let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream." (Amos 5:24)
"Do not think that by worshipping with deveikut you are greater than another. You are like any other creature, created for the sake of His worship, blessed be He. God gave a mind to the other just as He gave a mind to you. What makes you superior to a worm? The worm serves the Creator with all its mind and strength! Man, too, is a worm and maggot, as it is written "I am a worm and no man." If God had not given you intelligence you would not be able to worship Him but like a worm. Thus you are no better than a worm, and certainly no better than other people. Bear in mind that you, the worm and all other small creatures are considered as equals in the world. For all were created and have but the ability given to them by the blessed Creator. Always keep this matter in mind." (Baal Shem Tov)
"Every human being has a root in the Unity, and to reject the minutest particle of the Unity is to reject it all." (Baal Shem Tov)
"If you want to help pull a friend out of the mire, don't hesitate to get a little dirty." (Baal Shem Tov)
"When a father complains that his son has taken to evil ways, what should he do? Love him more than ever." (Baal Shem Tov)
"Rather, be openhanded and freely lend them whatever they need. Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought: “The seventh year, the year for canceling debts, is near,” so that you do not show ill will toward the needy among your fellow Israelites and give them nothing. They may then appeal to the Lord against you, and you will be found guilty of sin. Give generously to them and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to." (Deuteronomy 15:8-10)
“Honour your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.” (Exodus 20:12)
“Thou shalt not kill.” (Exodus 20:13)
"Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner, for you were foreigners in Egypt." (Exodus 22:21)
"If you come across your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering off, be sure to return it. If you see the donkey of someone who hates you fallen down under its load, do not leave it there; be sure you help them with it." (Exodus 23:4-5)
"Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy." (Ezekiel 16:49)
"The lost I will search out, the strays I will bring back, the injured I will bind up, and the sick I will heal." (Ezekiel 34:16)
"I'm going to tell you what my religion is: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Period. Terminato. Finito. I have no other religion." (Gene Wilder)
"What a person would hate to suffer he must not do to others." (Hypothetica 7:6-7)
“Learn to do good; Seek justice, Reprove the ruthless, Defend the orphan, Plead for the widow.” (Isaiah 1:7)
"He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore." (Isaiah 2:4)
"And if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday." (Isaiah 58:10)
"Spiritual needs are higher than physical needs, but the physical needs of another are my spiritual need." (Israel Salanter)
"May there come abundant peace, grace, lovingkindness and compassion, long life, ample sustenance and salvation." (Kaddish, 23-25)
“You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself.” (Leviticus 19:18)
"When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God." (Leviticus 19:33-34)
"If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and are unable to support themselves among you, help them as you would a foreigner and stranger, so they can continue to live among you." (Leviticus 25:35)
"We are obligated to be more scrupulous in fulfilling the commandment of charity than any other positive commandment because charity is the sign of a righteous man." (Maimonides)
"You must accept the truth from whatever source it comes." (Maimonides)
"It’s the small acts that you do on a daily basis that turn two people from a 'you and I' into an 'us.'" (Menachem Mendel Schneerson)
"Moshiach is ready to come now, we all must only do something additional in the realm of goodness and kindness." (Menachem Mendel Schneerson)
"He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God." (Micah 6:8)
"Whosoever that saves a life, it is considered as if he saved an entire world." (Mishnah Sanhedrin 4:5)
"Love, that ye may be loved." (Moses Mendelssohn)
"According to our sages, they were notorious for every evil, but their fate was sealed for their persistence in not supporting the poor and the needy." (Nachmanides)
"Criticising others, giving them an unwelcome feeling, can be done by anyone. Uplifting them and giving them a good feeling - that takes a special gift and spending effort." (Nachman of Breslov)
"If you believe that it is possible to break, believe it is also possible to fix." (Nachman of Breslov)
"Know! You need to judge every person favorably, even someone who is completely wicked, you need to search and find any little bit of good. By finding in him a little good and judging him favorably you actually bring him over to the side of merit and you can return him in teshuva." (Nachman of Breslov)
"To be pious towards God is to be affectionate towards men." (Philo of Alexandria)
"The world stands on three things: On Torah, on works, and on kindness to others." (Pirkei Avot 1:2)
"Be amongst the students of Aaron: Love peace and pursue peace." (Pirkei Avot 1:12)
"Meet every person with graciousness." (Pirkei Avot 1:15)
"Do not judge your fellow until you are in his place." (Pirkei Avot 2:5)
"If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the Lord will reward you." (Proverbs 25:21-22)
"Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me." (Psalm 51:10)
"Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed." (Psalm 82:3)
"As a people who have endured millennia of harsh climatic and socio-political changes we join together to confront the danger of climate change. We remember that the Jewish tradition, in both Midrash and Kabbalah, views the earth as a temple." (Rabbi Arthur Waskow)
"In Jewish Renewal, we strive to see the face of God in all peoples and in all creatures, and we believe that humanity has a special role and privilege in being able to recognize the image of God in one another and within all of creation." (Rabbi Arthur Waskow)
"We recognize that climate change is a danger to our economy and ecology, and a threat to peace between nations and to our food security. Climate change is already contributing to the extinction of many species and undermining the web of life that sustains all of us. We also acknowledge that the climate crisis is both a material and a spiritual crisis, and addressing the climate crisis is the responsibility of all peoples and all religions." (Rabbi Arthur Waskow)
"Surely if God relates to us in different ways, there must be different ways of relating to God. And anyway, how can one religion encapsulate the totality of the divine. God is more than any one religion. And I realized, as I got involved in this interfaith encounter, that through meeting people, I was getting a glimpse beyond my own particular tradition. We affirm that we meet God in many different ways and that the human being is created in the divine image." (Rabbi David Rosen)
"The challenge is how to utilize identity, how to use religious faith and commitment, in a manner that leads us to embrace others, and to serve others, and not to denigrate them, not to disparage them, and not to, God forbid, to demonize them." (Rabbi David Rosen)
"The things that bring us together are so much more important than things that keep us apart." (Rabbi David Rosen)
"Compassion, sympathy, empathy, understanding - these are essential elements of Judaism. They are what homosexual Jews who care about Judaism need from us today." (Rabbi Jonathan Sacks)
"The entire revolution of feminism and even homosexuality in our society... is a fantastic development for humanity." (Rabbi Joseph Dweck)
"Adam, when God created him, was an androgyne." (Rabbi Samuel bar Nachman)
"There are those who say that God hates gays. There are those who say that HaShem has given us all challenges, and your challenge is to overcome feelings: Either be celibate the rest of your life or be with opposite-sex partners. There are those who say we are either criminal or sick or sinful. None of these are true." (Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum)
"We are all created in God's image—all genders, all sexual orientations, all races, all sizes—all of us." (Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum)
“Love your fellow as yourself – Rabbi Akiva says this is a great principle of the Torah.” (Rashi)
"With your own blemish do not taunt your fellow." (Rashi)
"It is better and more satisfactory to acquit a thousand guilty persons than to put a single innocent one to death." (Sefer Hamitzvot, negative commandment 290)
“Whatever I wish for myself, I am to wish for another; and whatever I do not wish for myself or for my friends, I am not to wish for another. This injunction is contained in God's words: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.’” (Sefer Hamitzvot, positive commandment 208)
"Even when the gates of heaven are shut to prayer, they are open to tears." (Talmud)
“What is hateful to yourself, don’t do to another. That is the whole Torah. The rest is commentary.” (Talmud, Shabbat 31a)
"Repentance, prayer, and charity annul the severity of the Decree." (Unetanneh Tokef)
"The entire purpose of our existence is to overcome our negative habits." (Vilna Gaon)
"All who wound God’s works wound God’s image." (Zohar 3:123b)
Latter-Day Saints
"And he inviteth them all to come unto him and partake of his goodness; and he denieth none that come unto him, black and white, bond and free, male and female; and he remembereth the heathen; and all are alike unto God, both Jew and Gentile." (2 Nephi 26:33)
"See that ye have faith, hope, and charity, and then ye will always abound in good works." (Alma 7:24)
"And now, in your epistle you have acensured me, but it mattereth not; I am not angry, but do rejoice in the greatness of your heart." (Alma 61:9)
"We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul, We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things." (Articles of Faith)
"A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it." (Brigham Young)
"Reach out in love and caring for those who have suicidal thoughts, who have attempted suicide, who feel marginalized in any way. We need to reach out with love and understanding." (Dale G. Renlund)
"Leaders and members are taught to follow the example of Jesus Christ and to reach out in an active, caring way to all, especially to youth who feel estranged or isolated." (Dale Jones)
"Love is the most powerful force in the world." (Dallin H. Oaks)
"Every person you see—no matter the race, religion, political beliefs, body type, or appearance—is family." (Dieter F. Uchtdorf)
“And let every man esteem his brother as himself, and practice virtue and holiness before me.” (Doctrine and Covenants 38:24)
"I, the Lord, will forgive whom I will forgive, but of you it is required to forgive all men." (Doctrine & Covenants 64:9–10)
"Someone who is following the covenants and the standards, teachings of the gospel of Christ, though they may be dealing with same-sex attraction, really, there's no reason they cannot be fully participative, that they can't be a full-fledged member of the Church and hold callings and speak and enter the temple and serve there, and all the other opportunities and blessings that can come from Church membership will be available to them." (D. Todd Christofferson)
"Do all in my power to help elevate the condition of my own people especially women." (Emmeline B. Wells)
"The warm, golden glow that accompanies service and selflessness has the power to melt away doubts and fears." (Gary E. Stevenson)
"In this Church there are no strangers and no outcasts. There are only brothers and sisters." (Gérald Caussé)
"Our hearts reach out to those who refer to themselves as gays and lesbians. We love and honor them as sons and daughters of God. They are welcome in the Church." (Gordon B. Hinckley)
"We advocate the example of the Lord, who condemned the sin, yet loved the sinner. We should reach out with kindness and comfort to the afflicted, ministering to their needs and assisting them with their problems." (Gordon B. Hinckley)
"We receive the Holy Spirit best when we are focused on serving others." (Henry B. Eyring)
"Kindness is the essence of greatness and the fundamental characteristic of the noblest men and women I have known. Kindness is a passport that opens doors and fashions friends. It softens hearts and molds relationships that can last lifetimes." (Joseph B. Wirthlin)
"Your words have the power to influence for good." (Joy D. Jones)
"One measure of our eternal progress is how much joy we derive from service." (Kevin J. Worthen)
"He has taught us that we can forgive! Even though we may be a victim once, we need not be a victim twice by carrying the burden of hate, bitterness, pain, resentment, or even revenge. We can forgive, and we can be free!" (Kevin R. Duncan)
"And the second is like this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these." (Mark 12:36, JST)
"But I say unto you, Love your enemies; bless them that curse you; do good to them that hate you; and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you." (Matthew 5:46, JST)
"And behold, I tell you these things that ye may learn wisdom; that ye may learn that when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God." (Mosiah 2:17)
"Ye are desirous to come into the fold of God, and to be called his people, and are willing to bear one another’s burdens, that they may be light; Yea, and are willing to mourn with those that mourn; yea, and comfort those that stand in need of comfort, and to stand as witnesses of God at all times and in all things." (Mosiah 18:8-9)
"And again Alma commanded that the people of the church should impart of their substance, every one according to that which he had; if he have more abundantly he should impart more abundantly; and of him that had but little, but little should be required; and to him that had not should be given. And thus they should impart of their substance of their own free will and good desires towards God, and to those priests that stood in need, yea, and to every needy, naked soul." (Mosiah 18:27-28)
"Looking outward and helping others brings light, peace, and joy." (Patrick Kearon)
"As a Church nobody should be more loving and compassionate… Let us be at the forefront in terms of expressing love, compassion, and outreach. Let’s not have families exclude or be disrespectful of those who choose a different lifestyle as a result of their feelings about their own gender." (Quentin L. Cook)
"God is 'no respecter of persons' and emphatically declares that anyone who is righteous—regardless of race—is favored of Him." (Race and the Priesthood)
"Assistance is offered to recipients regardless of their church affiliation, nationality, race, sexual orientation, gender, or political persuasion." (Russell M. Nelson)
"Giving help to others—making a conscientious effort to care about others as much as or more than we care about ourselves—is our joy. Especially, I might add, when it is not convenient and when it takes us out of our comfort zone." (Russell M. Nelson)
"Regardless of where we call home, members of the Church feel passionately about the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. Thus, our greatest joy comes as we help our brothers and sisters, no matter where we live in this wonderful world." (Russell M. Nelson)
"We care deeply about every child of God, regardless of age, personal circumstances, gender, sexual orientation, or other unique challenge." (Russell M. Nelson)
"Your power will increase as you serve others." (Russell M. Nelson)
"Identifying as gay, lesbian, or bisexual or experiencing same-sex attraction is not a sin and does not prohibit one from participating in the Church, holding callings, or attending the temple." (Same-Sex Attraction)
"I believe I was made the way I am, all parts of me, by my heavenly parents. They did not mess up when they gave me brown eyes, or when I was born bald. They did not mess up when they gave me freckles or when they made me to be gay. God loves me just this way because I believe that he loves all his creations." (Savannah Ward)
"It's funny how heterosexuals have lives and the rest of us have 'lifestyles'." (Sonia Johnson)
"I love that man better who swears a stream as long as my arm yet deals justice to his neighbors and mercifully deals his substance to the poor, than the long, smooth-faced hypocrite." (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith)
"Every day of our lives we are given opportunities to show love and kindness to those around us." (Thomas S. Monson)
"He who gives money gives some, he who gives time gives more, and he who gives of himself gives all." (Thomas S. Monson)
Manson Family
"Animals shouldn't be hunted and nature shouldn't be disturbed, even destroyed, to benefit the whims of mankind." (Charles Manson)
"As long as there's hate in your heart, there'll be hate in the world." (Charles Manson)
"A war against people isn't going to help anyone, a war against pollution will help everyone." (Charles Manson)
Meher Baba followers
"To love God in the most practical way is to love our fellow beings. If we feel for others in the same way as we feel for our own dear ones, we love God." (How to Love God)
"Remember that the first step in spirituality is not to speak ill of others." (Lord Meher)
"Be pure and simple, and love all because all are one. Live a sincere life; be natural, and be honest with yourself." (Meher Baba’s Call)
"Forgiveness is the best charity." (The Everything and the Nothing)
Messiah Foundation International
"God's love supersedes all religions and it is the core of all religions." (Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi)
"My heart is open to every religion. It’s a temple, and a mosque, and a synagogue. And let the gazelle roam in it. Mine is the religion of Love." (Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi)
"God is love and the religion of God is love." (Teachings of His Divine Eminence Gohar Shahi)
Mohism
“Universal love is to regard another's state as one's own. A person of universal love will take care of his friend as he does of himself, and take care of his friend's parents as his own. So when he finds his friend hungry he will feed him, and when he finds him cold he will clothe him.” (Book of Mozi, chapter 4)
“If people regarded other people’s families in the same way that they regard their own, who then would incite their own family to attack that of another? For one would do for others as one would do for oneself.” (Mozi)
Moorish Science Temple of America
"No man lives unto himself, for every living thing is bound by cords to every other living thing. Blessed are the pure in heart; for they will love and not demand love in return. They will not do to other men what they would not have other men do unto them." (Holy Koran of the Moorish Science Temple of America, Chapter III, 2-4)
"In thy dealings with men, be impartial and just; and do unto them as thou wouldst they should do unto thee. Be faithful to thy trust, and deceive not the man who relieth upon thee; be assured, it is less evil in the sight of Allah to steal than to betray. Oppress not the poor, and defraud not of his hire the laboring man." (Holy Koran of the Moorish Science Temple of America, Chapter XXXI, 8-10)
"He assisteth the poor in their trouble; he rejoiceth in furthering the prosperity of all men. He censureth not his neighbor; he believeth not the tales of envy and malevolence; neither repeateth he their slanders. He forgiveth the injuries of men, he wipeth them from his remembrance; revenge and malice have no place in his heart. For evil he returneth not evil, he hateth not even his enemies, but requiteth their injustice with a friendly admonition. The griefs and anxieties of men excite his compassion; he endeavoreth to alleviate the weight of their misfortunes, and the pleasure of success rewardeth his labor. He calmeth the fury, he healeth the quarrels of angry men, and preventeth the mischiefs of strife and animosity. He promoteth in his neighborhood peace and good will, and his name is repeated with praise and benedictions." (Holy Koran of the Moorish Science Temple of America, Chapter XXXII, 3-9)
Native American religion
“We are as much alive as we keep the Earth alive.” (Chief Dan George)
“We are all related.” (Lakota Sioux prayer)
"O Great Spirit of our Ancestors, I raise my pipe to you, to your messengers the four winds, and to Mother Earth who provides for your children. Give us the wisdom to teach our children to love, to respect, and to be kind to each other so that they may grow with peace in mind. Let us learn to share all the good things that you provide for us on this Earth." (Native American Prayer for Peace)
“Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself.” (Pima proverb)
"Oh Great Spirit, keep me from ever judging a man until I have walked in his moccasins for two weeks." (Sioux Indian prayer)
"Show great respect for your fellow beings." (Ten Indian Commandments)
"Give assistance and kindness wherever needed." (Ten Indian Commandments)
"Treat the earth and all that dwell there on with respect." (Ten Indian Commandments)
Natural Law
"Since there is no proof of the heterosexuality of Jesus, the theological basis of Church homophobia is all the more shaky and indefensible." (Peter Tatchell)
"What is wholesome and healthy for the human body is wholesome and healthy because either God willed it to be so or nature designed it to be so." (Traditional maxim)
Odd Fellows
"All men are brethren." (Independent Order of Odd Fellows)
"United we stand, divided we fall." (Independent Order of Odd Fellows)
"Whatsoever ye would that others should do unto you, do ye even so unto them." (International Association of Rebekah Assemblies)
"Friendship, Love and Truth." (Motto of the Order)
Odinani
"Let the eagle perch, let the hawk perch." (Igbo proverb)
"Whoever says the other shall not perch, may they show the other where to perch." (Igbo proverb)
Oomoto
"God does not teach you to treat your temporary parents poorly. Those who do not respect and love their parents are not pleasing to God. Take care, all of you." (Divine Signposts, Part One, Chapter 2, verse 146)
"God sees every action of every person at all times, and therefore He rewards those who do good with good those who do evil with evil. The recompense for good and evil follows as swiftly as one’s shadow follows one’s body." (Divine Signposts, Part One, Chapter 3, verse 156)
"Many are the people who, seeing the rich lives of others, envy them and wish to hinder their lives in various ways. But they only torment themselves. Such are proud and foolish people, who are quite ignorant of the existence of God." (Divine Signposts, Part One, Chapter 3, verse 190)
"Save humans with true love, guide humans with true faith, protect humans with true courage and give strength to the weak with true wisdom." (Divine Signposts, Part Two, Chapter 1, verse 280)
"Praise people rather than reviling them. Reviling a person is the same as reviling God, because all human beings are God’s children. Those who love to revile others are immediately rewarded with unhappiness. Be cautious!" (Divine Signposts, Part Two, Chapter 2, verse 350)
"God loves all races equally, because they are all His children. He who hates human beings is contrary to God’s heart. He who disrespects foreigners and regards them with prejudice defies God’s heart. “Hate the sin, but do not hate the sinner”, this is a common saying. But he who goes God’s way should not even hate the sin, but, looking on it, pity the sinner. God hates sin; human beings have not the right to hate the sins of other people. Because every human being is full of faults and impurities, human beings do not have the right to hate one another. Have pity for the fault, therefore, and endeavour to lead the sinner to good." (Divine Signposts, Part Two, Chapter 3, verse 391-396)
"Love your enemy. Sympathise with him willingly and with a true heart. Have compassion for the evildoer and pray to God for his salvation. If you accomplish this, God, being aware of your heart and conduct, will favour you all the more. Why should God reward you if you love only those who love you, only those who respect you? Even the evil love those who love them. Follow God in all things, for every human being is a child of God. Love therefore every human being in the world, as God loves you." (Divine Signposts, Part Three, Chapter 2, verse 537-538)
"To speak ill of another in earnest only attests to one’s own weakness and smallness." (The Creation of Meaning, Part III, Don’t Try to Show Off Your Merits)
"Unification, the reconciliation of all dichotomies." (The Four Principles)
Pantheism
"If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed." (Albert Einstein)
"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind." (Albert Einstein)
"Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality." (Carl Sagan)
“The good, which each follower of virtue seeks for himself, he will desire also for others.” (Ethica, Part 4, Prop. XXXVII)
Peoples Temple of the Disciples of Christ
"My whole life I have suffered from poverty and have faced many disappointments and pain, like a man is used to. That is why I want to make other people happy and want them to feel at home." (Jim Jones)
Pilgrims of Arès
"Forgive the sins." (Michel Potay)
"Love all humans." (Michel Potay)
Platonism
“One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.” (Crito, section 49c)
“May I do to others as I would that they should do unto me.” (Plato)
"Clearly, then, it will be wise, brave, temperate, and just." (The Republic, book IV.427e)
PL Kyodan
"Being annoyed limits your expression." (21 PL Precepts, precept 4)
"Human beings are all equal." (21 PL Precepts, precept 9)
"Love yourself and others." (21 PL Precepts, precept 10)
"World peace is everything." (21 PL Precepts, precept 14)
Positive Christianity
"Holy is your truth and fidelity." (Germans with God: a German Catechism)
"Honor your father and mother—your children are your aid and your example." (Germans with God: a German Catechism)
"Be ready to help and forgive." (Germans with God: a German Catechism)
"Joyously serve the people with work and sacrifice." (Germans with God: a German Catechism)
Prophet Fred and Unity
“Bring all religions together in peace.” (Prophet Fred)
Pythagoreanism
"Women and men are equal." (Pythagoras)
"It is better that virtue should be received accompanied with poverty, than wealth with violence; and frugality with health, than voracity with disease." (Pythagorean Sentences From The Protreptics Of Iamblichus)
“What you do not want to happen to you, do not do it yourself either.” (Sextus the Pythagorean)
"He who does an injury is more unhappy than he who receives one." (The Golden Sentences of Democrates)
"He who loves no one does not appear to me to be loved by any one." (The Golden Sentences of Democrates)
"It is necessary to be good, rather than to appear so." (The Golden Sentences of Democrates)
"Avoid as much as possible hating thy friend for a slight fault." (The Golden Verses of Pythagoras)
"Do nothing evil, neither in the presence of others, nor privately." (The Golden Verses of Pythagoras)
"In the next place, observe justice in thy actions and in thy words." (The Golden Verses of Pythagoras)
"Honour likewise thy parents, and those most nearly related to thee. Of all the rest of mankind, make him thy friend who distinguishes himself by his virtue." (The Golden Verses of Pythagoras)
Raëlism
"You are all born equal." (Intelligent Design, 97)
"It is foolish to condemn a homosexual because he is a homosexual." (Intelligent Design, 272)
"Femininity is an expression of art: of the art of human kindness, unconditional love, acceptance and refinement. The more you refine your gestures, the more you refine your words and thoughts. A refined and subtle thought is incompatible with a brutal pose. Refining your thoughts automatically refines your movements, and refining your movements automatically refines the way you think. Spirit and body are one." (Raël)
"Men and women must rise above their previous cultural conditioning and look to the future with a new awareness encompassing beauty and femininity." (Raël)
Rajneesh movement
"Compassion is the purest form of love." (Osho)
"Love is the only miracle there is. Love is the ladder from hell to heaven. Love learned well, you have learned all. Love missed, you missed your whole life." (Osho)
"When you love, love as if the person is a god, not less than that. Never love a woman as a woman and never love a man as a man." (Osho)
"To understand love, first you should be loving." (The Transmission of the Lamp, Talk #4)
"Be a loving person." (Walk without Feet, Fly without Wings and Think without Mind, Talk #8)
Ramakrishna movement
"God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer." (Ramakrishna)
"It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it." (Ramakrishna)
"Forbearance is a great virtue; there is no other like it." (Sarada Devi)
"I tell you one thing—if you want peace, do not find fault with others. Rather see your own faults." (Sarada Devi)
"The purpose of one’s life is fulfilled only when one is able to give joy to another." (Sarada Devi)
"After so much austerity I have known that the highest truth is this: He is present in every being! These are all in manifold forms of him. There is no other God to seek for! He alone is worshiping God, who serves all beings!" (Swami Vivekananda)
"I do not believe in a God or religion which cannot wipe the widow’s tears or bring a piece of bread to the orphan’s mouth." (Swami Vivekananda)
"The moment I have realized God sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see God in him - that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free." (Swami Vivekananda)
"To serve Jiva as Shiva." (Swami Vivekananda)
Rastafari
"Love all mankind." (The Rastafarians, page 104)
“Create a world of one brotherhood.” (The Rastafarians, page 104)
"Be charitable to any afflicted Rastafarian brother, and latterly to any other human, animal, plant, etc." (The Rastafarians, page 104)
''All well ordered and modern states can only base themselves upon Courts of Justice and Conduct of Laws which are just, correct and geared towards the protection of the rights of individuals. Justice is a product of education." (The Wisdom of Rastafari, Human Rights)
"Colonialism and the policy of racism impose soul searching questions of human rights, weighing equally on the conscience of all men and nations of good-will. History amply shows that the freedom enjoyed by the many becomes fragile when the denial, even to the few, of basic human rights is tolerated." (The Wisdom of Rastafari, Human Rights)
"Our efforts as free men must be to establish new relationships, devoid of any resentment and hostility, restored to our belief and faith in ourselves as individuals, dealing on a basis of equality with other equally free people." (The Wisdom of Rastafari, Human Rights)
"Giving always demands sacrifice. To overcome the temptation to enjoy mere daily comfort, to press resolutely and patiently forward on the scheduled way, are true tests of the high degree of determination that should bind you together. Memories of past injustices should not divert us from the more pressing business at hand." (The Wisdom of Rastafari, Morality)
"Since this is so, do not reward evil for evil, do not commit any act of cruelty like those which the enemy committed against us." (The Wisdom of Rastafari, Morality)
"We believe in cooperation and collaboration to promote the cause of international security, the equality of man and the welfare of mankind." (The Wisdom of Rastafari, Morality)
"We believe in the peaceful settlement of all disputes without resorting to force. And in accordance with the charter of O.A.U. we will strive to eradicate colonialism, racism and apartheid from the face of the earth, to frustrate the efforts being made by foreign powers to dictate the destiny of the African continent, and we will continue to stand." (The Wisdom of Rastafari, Morality)
"We must live in peace with our former colonizers, shunning recrimination and bitterness and fore-swearing the luxury of vengeance and retaliation, lest the acid of hatred erode our souls and poison our hearts." (The Wisdom of Rastafari, Morality)
"Wise men have always known the deep and pervading truth that it is better to give than to receive, for even as it conflicts with selfish and ambitious desires, it moderates and controls them." (The Wisdom of Rastafari, Morality)
"It is well known to you all that recognizing one's problems and striving hard to challenge them is a mark of an attempt at self-sufficiency. Self help in the benefits to be acquired through education, will save the individual from asking someone's assistance." (The Wisdom of Rastafari, Self Help)
Sant Mat
"Have firm faith in love and devotion. Love is the essence of spiritual truth. Reflect on this saying of the Saints, By this alone, one is saved from the ocean of the world." (Dariya Sahib of Bihar)
"All nature is beautiful except when tormented by the hand of man." (Sant Kirpal Singh)
"Always keep your tongue under control. This is one thing. The wound given by a sword will be healed in a month or so, but the wound given by the tongue is not healed." (Sant Kirpal Singh)
"Analyze yourself and see your own shortcomings instead of seeing the shortcomings of others." (Sant Kirpal Singh)
"Love and all things shall be added into you. It is love that makes you all-attention. It is love that gives you a place in the heart of the Beloved. It is by His love that we live." (Sant Kirpal Singh)
''Love does not want any taking. It is always giving; sacrificing for others. Serve and sacrifice for others; only if we love, you see." (Sant Kirpal Singh)
"To fill the human heart with compassion, mercy and universal love, which should radiate to all countries, nations and peoples of the world. To make a true religion of the heart as the ruling factor in one's life. To enable each one to love God, love all, serve all, and have respect for all, as God is immanent in all forms. My goal is that of oneness. I spread the message of oneness in life and living. This is the way to peace on earth. This is the mission of my life, and I pray that it may be fulfilled." (Sant Kirpal Singh)
Satanism
“Do not make sexual advances unless you are given the mating signal.” (Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth)
“Do not kill non-human animals unless you are attacked or for your food.” (Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth)
"The Church of Satan is the first church to fully accept members regardless of sexual orientation and so we champion weddings/civil unions between adult partners whether they be of opposite or the same sex. So long as love is present and the partners wish to commit to a relationship, we support their desire for a legally recognized partnership, and the rights and privileges which come from such a union." (Peter H. Gilmore)
“1. One should strive to act with compassion and empathy towards all creatures in accordance with reason.
2. The struggle for justice is an ongoing and necessary pursuit that should prevail over laws and institutions.
3. One's body is inviolable, subject to one's own will alone.
4. The freedoms of others should be respected, including the freedom to offend. To willfully and unjustly encroach upon the freedoms of another is to forgo your own.
5. Beliefs should conform to our best scientific understanding of the world. We should take care never to distort scientific facts to fit our beliefs.
6. People are fallible. If we make a mistake, we should do our best to rectify it and resolve any harm that may have been caused.
7. Every tenet is a guiding principle designed to inspire nobility in action and thought. The spirit of compassion, wisdom, and justice should always prevail over the written or spoken word.” (Seven Fundamental Tenets)
"Do unto others as they do unto you." (The Satanic Bible)
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." (The Satanic Bible)
Sathya Sai Baba movement
"Forget the Harm Done to You, and Forget the Good You Have Done. Do Good to Those Who Have Harmed." (Sathya Sai Baba)
“Love all, serve all, help ever, hurt never.” (Sathya Sai Baba)
Self-Realization Fellowship
“Serve mankind as one’s larger Self.” (Aims and Ideals of Self-Realization Fellowship)
“A true man is he who dwells in righteousness among his fellow men.” (Autobiography of a Yogi, chapter 5)
"Love is the undisturbed balance that binds this universe together." (Mahavatar Babaji)
"There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you." (Paramahansa Yogananda)
"By ‘ahimsa’ Patanjali meant the removal of the desire to kill. All forms of life have an equal right to the air of maya. All men may understand this truth by overcoming the passion of destruction." (Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri)
Scientology
"People have value and are important. Big or small they are important." (L. Ron Hubbard)
“To decry and do all I can to abolish any and all abuses against life and Mankind.” (The Code of a Scientologist, guideline 4)
“To support the freedom of religion.” (The Code of a Scientologist, guideline 12)
"All men of whatever race, colour or creed were created with equal rights." (The Creed of the Church of Scientology)
"All men have inalienable rights to their own religious practices and their performance." (The Creed of the Church of Scientology)
“Try not to do things to others that you would not like them to do to you.” (The Way to Happiness, Precept 19)
“Try to treat others as you would want them to treat you.” (The Way to Happiness, Precept 20)
Shinto
“Be charitable to all beings, love is the representative of God.” (Ko-ji-ki, Hachiman Kasuga)
"Although the people living across the ocean surrounding us, I believe, are all our brothers and sisters, why are there constant troubles in this world?" (Shinto Prayer for Peace)
“Do not forget that the world is one great family.” (Ten Negative Precepts of Shinto)
“The heart of the person before you is a mirror. See there your own form.” (Traditional Shinto maxim)
"To be fully alive is to have an aesthetic perception of life because a major part of the world's goodness lies in its often unspeakable beauty." (Yukitaka Yamamoto)
Sikhism
"Someone is Hindu and someone a Muslim, then someone is Shia, and someone a Sunni, but all the human beings, as a species, are recognized as one and the same." (Akal Ustat, verse 3-4)
"Dignity in death is a birthright of each living thing." (Bhagat Puran Singh)
"Righteousness alone exalts a nation." (Bhagat Puran Singh)
"Sow trees of banyan, pippal, and neem, which are essential to our eco-system." (Bhagat Puran Singh)
"My faith is for the people of all castes and all creeds from whichever direction they come and to whichever direction they bow." (Guru Arjan)
“Precious like jewels are the minds of all. To hurt them is not at all good. If thou desirest thy Beloved, then hurt thou not anyone's heart.” (Guru Arjan Dev Ji 259, Guru Granth Sahib)
"Do not harbour ill-will for any person, for the Lord resides in all." (Guru Granth Sahib)
"Do not trouble anybody, only then you will be honoured in His Court." (Guru Granth Sahib)
"Life devoid of good deeds is all in vain." (Guru Granth Sahib)
"Whosoever is kind to others, the Lord receives him with kindness." (Guru Granth Sahib)
"See the brotherhood of all mankind as the highest order of Yogis; conquer your own mind, and conquer the world." (Guru Granth Sahib, ang 6, line 292)
"There is only one breath. All are made of the same clay. The light within all is the same. The One Light pervades all the many and various beings. This Light intermingles with them, but it is not diluted or obscured." (Guru Granth Sahib, pg.96)
"One God created all men; All men are molded of the same clay; Recognize the Lord's light within all, and do not consider social class or status; There are no classes or castes in the world hereafter." (Guru Granth Sahib, pg. 349)
"Make compassion the cotton, contentment the thread, modesty the knot and truth the twist." (Guru Granth Sahib, pg. 471)
"From woman, man is born; Within woman, man is conceived; to woman he is engaged and married. Woman becomes his friend; through woman, the future generations come. When his woman dies, he seeks another woman; to woman he is bound. So why call her bad? From her, kings are born. From woman, woman is born; without woman, there would be no one at all." (Guru Granth Sahib, pg. 473)
"God pervades all persons unseen; He is the same in the Hindu as well as in the Muslim." (Guru Granth Sahib, pg. 483)
"One who works for what he eats, and gives some of what he has - O Nanak, he knows the Path." (Guru Granth Sahib, pg. 1245)
“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)
"Call everyone noble, none is lowborn: there is only one potter, God, who has fashioned everyone alike." (Guru Nanak)
"Falsehood exhausts itself; truth alone prevails ultimately." (Guru Nanak)
"He who regards all men as equals is religious." (Guru Nanak)
“Make kindness your mosque, sincerity your prayer-carpet, what is just and lawful your Quran, modesty your circumcision, civility your fasting, so shalt thou be a Musalman; Make right conduct your Kaaba, truth your spiritual guide, good works your creed and your prayer, The will of God your rosary, and God will preserve your honor.” (Guru Nanak)
"Sweetness and humility, Oh Nanak, are the essence of virtue and goodness." (Guru Nanak)
"Accept all humans as your equals, and let them be your only sect." (Japji 28)
"God judges us according to our deeds, not the coat that we wear. Truth is above everything, but higher still is truthful living. Know that we attain God when we love, and only that victory endures in consequence of which no one is defeated." (Sikh Prayer for Peace)
Soka Gakkai
"Personal happiness cannot be without peace and peace in the world." (About Soka Gakkai: Overview)
"Support the attainment of the human revolution of each individual, and to contribute fundamentally to the realization of world peace and the cultural flourishing of humankind." (The Constitution of the Soka Gakkai, chapter 1, article 4)
"Peace, culture, and education." (Sōka Gakkai goals)
Spiritism
"Do not unto others what you would not that others should do unto you." (The Spirits Book, 822)
"Do unto others whatsoever you would have them do unto you." (The Spirits Book, 876)
Spiritualism
"Pleading with you to be charitable to one another, and more comprehensive in your judgment, putting away egotism in professing amongst yourselves that such of you alone were the favored of Jehovih." (Book of Ouranothen I:7)
"Love your neighbors as yourselves, practicing virtue and exaltation in righteousness above all else." (Book of Ouranothen II:13)
"And I will quicken Tae and he shall be as a new race on the earth, practicing holiness by good works, and by associative labor; dwelling in peace and love with one another, abnegating self in all things; for of such are My kingdoms; and Tae shall lay the foundation thereof upon the earth." (Book of Knowledge IV:24)
“Whatsoever ye would that others should do unto you do ye also unto them.” (Declaration of Eight Principles)
“We are all part of the universal creative force and therefore one family in God.” (Seven Principles of Spiritualism)
Stoicism
"We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them." (Epictetus)
“What you shun enduring yourself, don't impose on others. You shun slavery - beware of enslaving others!” (Epictetus)
"Try to enjoy the great festival of life with other men." (Golden Sayings of Epictetus)
"Humans, as rational beings are residents of a cosmic city, and should work to benefit their fellow citizens." (Marcus Aurelius)
"He who gives when he is asked has waited too long." (Seneca the Younger)
“Treat your inferior as you would wish your superior to treat you.” (Seneca the Younger)
"What is required of any man is that he should be of use to other men." (Seneca the Younger)
Sufism
"It's God in every soul you see; somewhere seen, somewhere hidden. If he is in me, why not in you?" (Bulleh Shah)
"Remove duality and do away with all disputes; The Hindus and Muslims are not other than He. Deem everyone virtuous, there are no thieves. For, within every body He himself resides." (Bulleh Shah)
"The divine is found by those with pure and true heart." (Bulleh Shah)
"There is no deity save Love." (Fakhreddin Eraqi)
"Do not speak a hurtful word, for in everyone lives the true Lord. Do not break anyone's heart, for each heart is a priceless pearl." (Fariduddin Ganjshakar)
"For evil give good, hold no revenge in the heart, Farid; your body will be free of sickness, your life be blessed." (Fariduddin Ganjshakar)
"I thought I was alone who suffered. I went on top of the house, and found every house on fire." (Fariduddin Ganjshakar)
“The basis of Sufism is consideration of the hearts and feelings of others. If you haven’t the will to gladden someone’s heart, then at least beware lest you hurt someone’s heart, for on our path, no sin exists but this.” (Javad Nurbakhsh, Master of the Nimatullahi Sufi Order)
"Peace with all." (Moinuddin Chishtī)
"All religions, all this singing, one song. The differences are just illusion and vanity. Sunlight looks a little different on this wall than it does on that wall and a lot different on this other one, but it is still one light." (Rumi)
"There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground." (Rumi)
"Wherever you are, and whatever you do, be in love." (Rumi)
"He alone is a man, indeed, who has conquered all human desires and anger. In the path of Divinity these two are man's foremost enemies. Anger and lust for woman make a man blind. There is no other way out for man but to conquer these deadly enemies if one wants to tread on the path of divinity and attain God." (Tajuddin Muhammad Badruddin)
"Having good manners, noble character, and respect for others." (The Conditions of a Disciple)
"Giving selfless service, whether convenient or inconvenient, to Allah, the sunnah, the tariqa, and to one's fellow man. (The Conditions of a Disciple)
Suprema Ordem Universal da Santissima Trindade
"For my part, I do not discriminate against homosexuals, I love them all, because in the light of my FATHER, LORD and GOD, who is in me, I love all creatures that move the earth. And just because homosexuals are discriminated against by society, they are easier to understand my condition." (Inri Cristo)
"Sin, once again worth remembering, is everything you do that hurts you or someone else. Whatever you do that does not hurt you or others is not a sin. Therefore, before my Father, Lord and God, living under ethical principles means seeking harmony in relations in society, respect in contact with nature and lucidity in understanding the Universe." (Inri Cristo)
Swedenborgianism
"Love is the life of humanity." (Divine Love and Wisdom)
"Love consists in this, that its own should be another’s; to feel the joy of another as joy in oneself, that is loving." (Divine Love and Wisdom, 47)
"Love consists in desiring to give what is our own to another and feeling his delight as our own." (Emanuel Swedenborg)
"True charity is the desire to be useful to others without thought of recompense." (Emanuel Swedenborg)
"Love to the Lord is love properly so called, and love towards our neighbor is charity. Love to the Lord is not communicated to man except in charity. In this the Lord conjoins Himself with man. Since faith in its essence is charity, it follows that no one can have faith in the Lord except he be in charity." (New Jerusalem and its Heavenly Doctrine)
"God loves every one of us but cannot directly benefit us; he can benefit us only indirectly through each other. For this reason he inspires us with his love, just as he inspires parents with love for their children. If we receive this love, we become connected to God and we love our neighbor." (True Christianity, para. 457)
Taoism
"If there is to be peace in the world, there must be peace in the nations. If there is to be peace in the nations, there must be peace in the cities. If there is to be peace in the cities, there must be peace between neighbors. If there is to be peace between neighbors, there must be peace in the home. If there is to be peace in the home, there must be peace in the heart." (Lao-Tse)
"Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained." (Lao-Tse)
"Regard your neighbor’s gain as your gain, and your neighbor’s loss as your own loss." (Tai Shang Kan Yin P'ien, Chapter 49)
“The sage has no interest of his own, but takes the interests of the people as his own. He is kind to the kind; he is also kind to the unkind: for Virtue is kind. He is faithful to the faithful; he is also faithful to the unfaithful: for Virtue is faithful.” (Tao Te Ching, Chapter 49)
“With a compassionate heart, turn toward all creatures.” (Treatise On the Response of the Tao, 168-171)
"Do not kill but always be mindful of the host of living beings. Do not be lascivious or think depraved thoughts. Do not steal or receive unrighteous wealth. Do not cheat or misrepresent good and evil. Do not get intoxicated but always think of pure conduct. I will maintain harmony with my ancestors and family and never disregard my kin. When I see someone do a good deed, I will support him with joy and delight. When I see someone unfortunate, I will support him with dignity to recover good fortune. When someone comes to do me harm, I will not harbor thoughts of revenge. As long as all beings have not attained the Dao, I will not expect to do so myself." (Scripture of the Ten Precepts)
"All living beings, including all kinds of animals, and those as small as insects, worms, and so forth, are containers of the uncreated energy, thus one should not kill any of them." (Ultra Supreme Elder Lord's Scripture of Precepts)
Tarot
"Being gay is a gift. It's part of the wondrous diversity of this planet." (Raven Mardirosian)
Thelema
"Do what thou wilt." (Law of Thelema)
"Love is a virtue; it grows stronger and purer and less selfish by applying it to what it loathes." (Magick Book IV, Appendix VI)
"Do not harm your neighbor; this being well understood, do that which pleases you." (The Adventures of King Pausole)
"Love is the law, love under will." (The Book of the Law)
Theosophy
"Earnest Theosophists extend tolerance to all, even to the intolerant, not as a privilege they bestow, but as a duty they perform. They seek to remove ignorance, not punish it; peace is their watchword, and Truth their aim." (Our Story, About the Theosophical Society)
"Universal Brotherhood without distinction based on the realization that life, and all its diverse forms, human and non-human, is indivisibly One." (Primary object of the Theosophical Society)
"Compassion is no attribute. It is the Law of Laws — eternal Harmony, Alaya’s Self; a shoreless universal essence, the light of everlasting Right, and fitness of all things, the law of love eternal." (The Voice of the Silence)
"Form a nucleus of the Universal Brotherhood of Humanity, without distinction of race, creed, sex, caste or colour." (Three Objects of the Theosophical Society)
Tolstoyan movement
"1. Love your enemies
2. Do not be angry
3. Do not fight evil with evil, but return evil with good
4. Do not lust." (Leo Tolstoy)
"Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love." (Leo Tolstoy)
"The indubitable, eternal truth inherent in man, which is one and the same in all the great religions of the world. It will in due time emerge and make its way to general recognition, and the nonsense that has obscured it will disappear of itself, and with it will go the evil from which humanity now suffers." (Leo Tolstoy)
"The vocation of every man and woman is to serve other people." (Leo Tolstoy)
"Efface my former mistakes and wipe them out, as I efface and wipe out all the mistakes my brothers have made." (The Gospel in Brief)
Transcendentalism
"Goodness is the only investment that never fails." (Henry David Thoreau)
"Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once?" (Henry David Thoreau)
"You must love the crust of the earth on which you dwell more than the sweet crust of any bread or cake." (Henry David Thoreau)
"I believe that it is as much a right and duty for women to do something with their lives as for men and we are not going to be satisfied with such frivolous parts as you give us." (Louisa May Alcott)
"Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy." (Louisa May Alcott)
"Be to the best thou knowest ever true, is all the creed." (Margaret Fuller)
"We would have every arbitrary barrier thrown down. We would have every path laid open to Woman as freely as to Man." (Margaret Fuller)
"Men are better than their theology." (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
"To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded." (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
"Of Equality–as if it harm’d me, giving others the same chances and rights as myself–as if it were not indispensable to my own rights that others possess the same." (Walt Whitman)
"Peace is always beautiful." (Walt Whitman)
"This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown or to any man or number of men, go freely with powerful uneducated persons and with the young and with the mothers of families, read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life, re examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul." (Walt Whitman)
Turing Church
"Try to act with love and compassion toward other sentient beings." (turingchurch.com)
Utilitarianism
"For human nature is strange: the less we are inclined to self-sacrifice, the more we insist on it in others" (Bolesław Prus)
"Perfect the Will, the Mind, Feeling, their corporeal organs and their material tools; be useful to yourselves, to your own ones, and to others; and Happiness, insofar as it exists on this earth, will come of itself." (Bolesław Prus)
"That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others." (John Stuart Mill)
"To do as one would be done by, and to love one's neighbour as oneself, constitute the ideal perfection of utilitarian morality." (John Stuart Mill)
Unarius Academy of Science
"Negative acts must be compensated for by positive acts." (The Infinite Concept of Cosmic Creation)
"To progress one must record more positive actions than negative actions." (The Infinite Concept of Cosmic Creation)
Unification Church
"God's true love can enter into every family in the love children have for their parents, the love of brothers and sisters, the conjugal love shared by husband and wife, and the love parents have for their children. These are the four great realms of heart." (Unification blessing)
Unitarian Universalism
“Justice, equity and compassion in human relations.” (2nd Unitarian Principle)
“Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.” (7th Unitarian Principle)
"The domestic function of the woman does not exhaust her powers... To make one half of the human race consume its energies in the functions of housekeeper, wife and mother is a monstrous waste of the most precious material God ever made." (Theodore Parker)
Universal Life Church
"As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons." (The Desiderata of Happiness, Desiderata)
"Be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be." (The Desiderata of Happiness, Desiderata)
"Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here." (The Desiderata of Happiness, Desiderata)
"Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass." (The Desiderata of Happiness, Desiderata)
"Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story." (The Desiderata of Happiness, Desiderata)
"We are all children of the same universe." (Universal Life Church Monastery)
"Free choice and opportunity, not race, creed, gender, orientation, caste, class, or color make people different." (Universal Life Church Monastery Mission)
Wicca
“A natural and logical consequence of our duotheistic approach to the Divine is that men and women have an equal place in our religion.” (Pagan Religions, pg. 18)
“I command thee thus, O children of the Earth, that that which ye deem harmful unto thyself, the very same shall ye be forbidden from doing unto another, for violence and hatred give rise to the same. My command is thus, that ye shall return all violence and hatred with peacefulness and love, for my Law is love unto all things. Only through love shall ye have peace; yea and verily, only peace and love will cure the world, and subdue all evil.” (The Book of Ways)
“Do as you will, as long as you harm no one.” (Wiccan Rede)
"Let love and light be our guides again." (Wiccan Rede)
Witnesses of Climatology
"Thou shalt consider long term consequences as well as immediate benefit of major decisions." (Commandments)
"Thou shalt contribute to the improvement of thine community and environment." (Commandments)
Yoruba religion
"Excessive stinginess is what slams the door of fortune in one's face." (Yoruba proverb)
“One going to take a pointed stick to pinch a baby bird should first try it on himself to feel how it hurts.” (Yoruba proverb)
"The favor one does a chicken is not for nought; in due course it will make stew to delight one's mouth." (Yoruba proverb)
"Wine stays in the home of the miser until it goes sour." (Yoruba proverb)
Zoroastrianism
"That nature alone is good which refrains from doing to another whatsoever is not good for itself." (Dadisten-I-dinik, 94,5)
"Do not do unto others whatever is injurious to yourself." (Shayast-na-Shayast 13.29)
“Turn yourself not away from three best things: Good thoughts, good words, and good deeds.” (Zoroaster)
"We pray to God to eradicate all the misery in the world, that understanding triumph over ignorance, that generosity triumph over contempt, and that truth triumph over falsehood." (Zoroastrian Prayer for Peace)