THE MORAL LAW / THE GOLDEN RULE
 

“The power of being in accordance with the Moral Law is that it endures, so that
one may say that ‘it is a possession of my ancestors which I have inherited.’”
 

Ptah-hotep 2880 B.C.E. Egypt

Do not do unto others all that which is not well for oneself.
 

Zoroaster 6th century B.C.E. Persia
Hurt not others with that which pains thyself.

Buddha 6th century B.C.E. India

Do not do unto others what you do not want others to do unto you.

Confucius 6th century B.C.E. China

Do not do unto others what you would not want others to do unto you.

Plato 5th century B.C.E. Greece

Do not to others which if done to thee would cause thee pain.

Mahābhārata 3rd century B.C.E. India

Do not do unto others what thou wouldst not they should do unto thee.

Rabbi Hillel 1st century B.C.E. Babylon
Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.

Jesus Christ 1st century C.E. Judea

None of you truly have the faith if you do not desire for your brother

that which you desire for yourself.

Muhammad 6th century C.E. Mecca

Lay not on any soul a load which ye would not wish to be laid upon you
and desire not for anyone the things you would not desire for yourself.

Bahá’u’lláh 19th century C.E. Iran

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