The Golden Rule

THERE IS A DESTINY THAT MAKES US BROTHERS: NONE GOES HIS WAY ALONE; ALL THAT WE SEND INTO THE LIVES OF OTHERS COMES BACK ONTO OUR OWN. 

-Edwin Markham

The Golden Rule essentially means to do unto others as you would wish them to do unto you if your positions were reversed.

There is an eternal law through the operation of which we reap what we sow. When you select the rule of conduct by which you guide yourself in your transactions with others, you will very likely be fair and just if you know that by your selection you are setting into motion a power that will run its course in the lives of others, returning finally to help or to hinder you, according to its nature. 

IT IS WELL TO THINK WELL; IT IS DIVINE TO ACT WELL. 

-Horace Mann  

The law does not stop by merely flinging back upon you your acts of injustice and unkindness toward others; it goes further than this-much further-and returns to you the results of every thought that you release.

Therefore, it is not enough to "do unto others as you wish them to do unto you;' but you must also "think of others as you wish them to think of you:''

The law upon which the Golden Rule is based begins affecting you the moment you release a thought. It has amounted almost to a worldwide tragedy that people have not generally understood this. 

Despite the simplicity of this law, it is practically all there is to be learned that is of enduring value to man, for it is the medium through which we become the masters of our own destiny.  

I FEEL THE CAPACITY TO CARE IS THE THING WHICH GIVES LIFE ITS DEEPEST SIGNIFICANCE.

 -Pablo Casals 

HE WHO WISHES TO SECURE THE GOOD OF OTHERS HAS ALREADY SECURED HIS OWN. 

-Confucius 

"Do unto others as they would like you to do unto them." And if you don't think you know what they would like, you can always ask. 

 If you would not be known to do anything, never do it. A man may play the fool in the drifts of a desert, but every grain of sand shall seem to see

THE SHORTEST AND SUREST WAY TO LIVE WITH HONOR IN THE WORLD, IS TO BE IN REALITY WHAT WE WOULD APPEAR TO BE; ALL HUMAN VIRTUES INCREASE AND STRENGTHEN THEMSELVES BY THE PRACTICE AND EXPERIENCE OF THEM. 

-Socrates

The simplest way of getting what we want is, not to snatch it from somebody else, but to make it for ourselves; and, since there is no limit to thought there can be no need for straining, and for everyone to have his own way in this manner, would be to banish all strife, want, sickness, and sorrow from the earth. 

There can never be success without happiness, and no one can be happy without bringing happiness to others. Moreover, it must be voluntary and with no other objective than that of spreading sunshine into the hearts of those who are burdened. 

IT IS ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL COMPENSATIONS OF THIS LIFE THAT NO ONE CAN SINCERELY TRY TO HELP ANOTHER WITHOUT HELPING HIMSELF. 

-Ralph Waldo Emerson 

We are hourly choosing between brotherhood in suffering and brotherhood in good. 

The world war has taught us-no, has forced upon us-the truth that a part of the world cannot suffer without injury to the whole world.

The Golden Rule philosophy, when rightly understood and applied, makes dishonesty impossible. It also makes all the other destructive qualities-such as selfishness, greed, envy, bigotry, hatred, and malice-impossible. 

When you apply the Golden Rule, you become at the same time both the judge and the judged, the accuser and the accused. Honesty, then, begins in one's own heart, toward one's self, and extends to all others with equal effect. Honesty based on the Golden Rule recognizes more than just expediency.

It is no credit to be honest only when honesty is obviously the most profitable policy so as not to lose a valuable client or be sent to jail for deception. But when honesty means either a temporary or permanent material loss personally, then it becomes an honor of the highest degree to all who practice it. Such honesty has its appropriate reward in the accumulated power of character and reputation enjoyed by those who deserve it. 

Those who understand and apply the Golden Rule philosophy are always scrupulously honest, not only out of their desire to be just with others but also because of their desire to be just with themselves.

Those who understand this law would poison their own drinking water as quickly as they would indulge in acts of injustice to others, for they know that such injustice starts a chain reaction that will not only bring them physical suffering but will also destroy their characters, stain their reputations, and make it impossible for them to attain enduring success.

THE EFFECTS OF OUR ACTIONS MAY BE POSTPONED BUT THEY ARE NEVER LOST. THERE IS AN INEVITABLE REWARD FOR GOOD DEEDS AND AN INESCAPABLE PUNISHMENT FOR BAD. MEDITATE UPON THIS TRUTH, AND SEEK ALWAYS TO EARN GOOD WAGES FROM DESTINY. 

-Wu Ming Fu

If all your acts toward others, and even your thoughts of others, are registered in your subconscious mind through the principle of autosuggestion, thereby building your own character in exact duplicate of your thoughts and acts, can you not see how important it is to guard those thoughts and acts?

The real reason for doing unto others as we would have them do unto us, for it is obvious that whatever we do unto others we also do unto ourselves.  

You cannot indulge in an act toward another person without having first created the nature of that act in your own thought, and you cannot release a thought without planting the sum and substance and nature of it in your own subconscious mind, where it becomes an integral part of your own character, modifying it in exact conformity with the nature of the act or thought.

Grasp this simple principle and you will understand why you cannot afford to hate or envy another person. You will also understand why you cannot afford to strike back, in kind, at those who do you an injustice. Likewise you will understand the injunction "return good for evil."

Understand the law upon which the Golden Rule is based and you will also understand the law that eternally binds all mankind in a single bond of fellowship and renders it impossible for you to injure another person, by thought or deed, without injuring yourself Similarly, the results of every kind thought and deed in which you indulge adds favorably to your own character.  

You have often heard it said that a salesperson's first sale should be to them self, which means that unless they first convince them self of the merits of their wares they will not be able to convince others. Here again is this same law of attraction. Enthusiasm is contagious, and when a salesperson shows great Enthusiasm over their wares, they will arouse in the minds of others a corresponding interest.

You can comprehend this law quite easily by regarding yourself as a sort of human magnet that attracts those whose characters harmonize with your own dominating characteristics and repels all who do not so harmonize. Also keep in mind that you are the builder of that magnet, and that you may change its nature so that it will correspond to any ideal that you may wish to conform to.

Your character is but the sum total of your thoughts and deeds. 

Positive thought develops a dynamic personality. Negative thought develops a personality of an opposite nature.

HE THAT DOES GOOD FOR GOOD'S SAKE SEEKS NEITHER PARADISE NOR REWARD, BUT HE IS SURE OF BOTH IN THE END. 

-William Penn 

The law of "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" is based on the same law as that on which the Golden Rule operates. This is nothing more than the law of retaliation. Even the most selfish person will respond to this law. They cannot help it.

If I speak ill of you, even though I tell the truth, you will not think kindly of me. Furthermore, you will most likely retaliate in kind. But if I speak of your virtues you will think kindly of me and, in the majority of instances, when there is an opportunity you will reciprocate in kind.

Through the operation of this law of attraction, the uninformed are constantly attracting trouble and grief and hatred and opposition from others by their unguarded words and destructive acts.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you-bearing in mind that human nature has a tendency to retaliate in kind.

By indulging in acts of kindness and always applying the Golden Rule philosophy, you are sure of benefit from one source and at the same time you have a pretty fair chance of profiting from another source. 

Remember that your reputation is made by others, but your character is made by you. 

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles.

You may withhold from me the reward to which I am entitled for rendering you helpful service, but no one can deprive me of the benefit I will derive from the rendering of that service insofar as it adds to my own character.