 When one cultivates to the utmost the principles of his nature, and exercises them on the principle of reciprocity, he is not far from the path. What you do not like when done to yourself, do not do to others.  The Chinese Classics - Page 141by James Legge - 1867Full view - About this book
 | Sir William Osler - English essays - 1904 - 408 pages
...corrective — the practice towards patients of the Golden Rule of Humanity as announced by Confucius : " What you do not like when done to yourself, do not do to others," — so familiar to us in its positive form as the great Christian counsel of perfection, in which alone... | |
 | Henry Pearson Gratton - United States - 1904 - 348 pages
...find some consolation in the sayings of our religious teachers, as the great guide of our life is, "What you do not like when done to yourself do not do to others." "Why," said the lady, "that is Christian doctrine, our 'Golden Rule.' " "Pardon me," I answered, "this... | |
 | Motilal M. Munshi - 1904 - 636 pages
...And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. — " BIBLE— ST. LUKE, 6." What you do not like when done to yourself, do not do that to others.* — CONFUCIUS. There is only one idea, which is universal for all mankind, of any... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1907 - 794 pages
...from his study of man's mental constitution. Several times he gave that rule in express words : — " What you do not like when done to yourself do not do to others." The peculiar nature of the Chinese langnage enabled him to express this rule by one character, which for... | |
 | James Legge - Confucianism - 1907 - 280 pages
...the superior man ? ' We have here the golden rule in its negative form expressly propounded : — ' What you do not like when done to yourself, do not do to others.' But in the paragraph which follows we have the rule virtually in its positive form. Confucius recognises... | |
 | Esther Singleton - World history - 1908 - 512 pages
...him from his study of man,s mental " constitution. Several times he gave that rule in express words : "What you do not like when done to yourself do not do to others." The peculiar nature of the Chinese language enabled him to express this rule by one character, which, for... | |
 | Edgar Sanderson, John Porter Lamberton, Charles Morris - 1905 - 500 pages
...social intercourse — forming their basis — was the "golden rule," which has often been quoted, "What you do not like when done to yourself, do not do to others." By a peculiarity of the Chinese written language this Confucian rule may be expressed by a single monogram.... | |
 | John Howard Moore - Evolution - 1908 - 348 pages
...species. Hear Confucius, the giant of Mongolia, and the idol and law-giver of one-third of mankind : ' What you do not like when done to yourself do not do to others.' And again he says: 'Do not let a man practise to those beneath him that which he dislikes in those... | |
 | Leonard Brown - Conduct of life - 1908 - 630 pages
...And in Buddhism as well as in the writing of Confucius, we find the golden rule of the New Testament: "What you do not like when done to yourself, do not do that to others." Says the Hindu Scripture: "When an enemy comes to your house, show him the utmost... | |
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