User:CWatchman

Thoughts to Ponder
"The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit."

Proverbs 14:8

"The first of all commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these."

Jesus Christ

"If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world." C.S. Lewis

"The bigotry of the nonbeliever is for me nearly as funny as the bigotry of the believer."

Albert Einstien

"Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous."

Albert Einstien

"When the only tool you have is a hammer, all problems begin to resemble nails."

Abraham Maslow

“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”

Carl Rogers

"Thinking is an experimental dealing with small quantities of energy, just as a general moves miniature figures over a map before setting his troops in action."

Sigmund Freud

"A human being is a part of a whole, called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."

- Albert Einstein

"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to a better understanding of ourselves."

Carl Jung

Shema' Yisrael Hashem Elokeinu Echad.

Baruch shem kevod malchuto le-olam va'ed.

V'ahavta et Hashem Elokeinu bechol levavcha uv'chol nafshcha uv'chol me-odecha.

Vehayu had'varim ha-eleh asher anochi metzavcha hayom al levavecha.

Veshinantam levanecha, vedibarta bam beshivtecha beveitecha uvlechtecha vaderech uv'shachbecha uvkumecha.

Ukshartam le-ot al yadecha vehayu letotafot bein eynecha.

Uchtavtam al mezuzot beitecha u-vish-arecha.

Vehayah im-shamo-a tishm'u el mitzvotai asher anochi metza-veh etchem hayom le-ahavah et Hashem Elokeichem ul-avdo b'chol-levavchem uvchol nafshechem.

Venatati metar artzechem be-ito yoreh u-malkosh ve-asafta deganecha vesiroshcha veyitzharecha.

Venatati esev besadecha livhemtecha ve-achalta vesava-ta.

Affinity—The Golden Rule
Christianity:

"Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets." Matthew 7:12, King James Version.

Judaism:

"...thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.", Leviticus 19:18

"What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow man. This is the law: all the rest is commentary." Talmud, Shabbat 31a.

Buddhism:

"...a state that is not pleasing or delightful to me, how could I inflict that upon another?" Samyutta NIkaya v. 353

Hinduism:

“Do not do to others what would cause pain if done to you. ” (Mahabharata 5.1517)

“One should not behave towards others in a way which is disagreeable to oneself.” (Mencius Vii.A.4)

Islam:

“Not one of you is a believer until you wish for others what you wish for yourself.” (Fourth Hadith of an-Nawawi 13)

“No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself.” (Sunnah)

Kant:

"Act as if the maxim of thy action were to become by thy will a universal law of nature."

Plato:

"May I do to others as I would that they should do unto me." (Greece; 4th century BCE)

Socrates:

"Do not do to others that which would anger you if others did it to you." (Greece; 5th century BCE)