116 Quotes About Golden-rule


  • Author Roberto Bolano
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    If it was true that all effort led to a vast abyss, she had two recommendations to begin with, first, not to cheat people, and, second, to treat them properly. Beyond that, there was room for discussion.

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  • Author A.D. Aliwat
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    Technically, under the Golden Rule, you wouldn’t have to do anything for anybody and you would still be in the clear. But that merely stops the transference of evil with you. It’s just indifference. If the evil stopped with you, and there was no good to push it out, then that evil is still inside you.

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  • Author David Smail
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    Do as you would be done by' informs every action of the superconscientious person, but it never seems to occur to him or her that this is a rule which should apply to anyone else, so that 'others should treat me as I treat them' simply doesn't enter the frame.

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  • Author Brennan Manning
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    How I treat a brother or sister from day to day, how I react to the sin-scarred wino on the street, how I respond to interruptions from people I dislike, how I deal with normal people in their normal confusion on a normal day may be a better indication of my reverence for life than the antiabortion sticker on the bumper of my car.

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