The Golden Rule

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saw someone post these in a comment so someone's lj and I want to keep a reference to them so...

Brahmanism
This is the sum of duty: do naught unto others which would cause you pain if done to you.
Mahabharata 5,1517

Buddhism
Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful.
Udana-Varga 5,18

Christianity
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law of the prophets.
Matthew 7:12

Confucianism
Surely it is the maxim of loving-kindness: Do not unto others that you would not have them do unto you.
Analects 15,23

Islam
No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself.
Sunnah

Judaism
What is hateful to you, do not to your fellowmen. That is the entire Law; all the rest is commentary.
Talmud Shabbat 31a

Taoism
Regard your neighbor's gain as your own gain and your neighbor's loss as your own loss.
T'ai Shang Kan Ying P'ien

Zoroastrianism
That nature alone is good which refrains from doing unto another whatsoever is not good for itself.
Dadistan-i-dinik 94-5

where I peeled these from

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Murphy
The one with the gold makes the rules.