The Golden Rule is an ethical statement which is found in many religions and philosophies. It is also called the ethic of reciprocity.
"Comparing oneself to others in such terms as "Just as I am so are they, just as they are so am I," he should neither kill nor cause others to kill."
"One should seek for others the happiness one desires for himself"
"The Ariyan disciple thus reflects, Here am I, fond of my life, not wanting to die, fond of pleasure and averse from pain. Suppose someone should rob me of my life... it would not be a thing pleasing and delightful to me. If I, in my turn, should rob of his life one fond of his life, not wanting to die, one fond of pleasure and averse from pain, it would not be a thing pleasing or delightful to him. For a state that is not pleasant or delightful to me must also be to him also; and a state that is not pleasing or delightful to me, how could I inflict that upon another? As a result of such reflection he himself abstains from taking the life of creatures and he encourages others so to abstain, and speaks in praise of so abstaining."
"Never do to other persons what would pain thyself."
"Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?" Jesus said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets"
"Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence."
"Tsekung asked, "Is there one word that can serve as a principle of conduct for life?" Confucius replied, "It is the word shu--reciprocity: Do not do to others what you do not want them to do to you.""
"One should not behave towards others in a way which is disagreeable to oneself. This is the essence of morality. All other activities are due to selfish desire."
"A man should wander about treating all creatures as he himself would be treated."
"One should treat all beings as he himself would be treated."
"What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellowman. This is the entire Law; all the rest is commentary."
"As thou deemest thyself, so deem others."
"Regard your neighbor�s gain as your gain, and your neighbor�s loss as your own loss."
"Whatever is disagreeable to yourself do not do unto others."
"Do not do unto others what angers you if done to you by others."
"We should behave toward friends as we would wish friends to behave toward us."
"He sought for others the good he desired for himself. Let him pass."
"Do not kill or injure your neighbor, for it is not him that you injure, you injure yourself. But do good to him, therefore add to his days of happiness as you add to your own. Do not wrong or hate your neighbor, for it is not him that you wrong, you wrong yourself. But love him, for Moneto loves him also as he loves you."
Maybe, due to our past tendencies, we find ourselves acting cruelly and selfishly despite our intellectual understanding of the goodness and correctness of the Golden Rule. How may we strengthen our intellectual understanding of the Golden Rule and also increase our awareness and moment to moment application of the Golden Rule? Keep the rule in mind, that is, remember it often. Venerate the rule, silently praise it in your heart and mind joyfully. This will increase your attraction to the principle of the Golden Rule. Within your own nature, your attention will cleanse and deepen your understanding of the Golden Rule. Visualise the highest Love and Understanding of the rule as glorious light filling you and vibrating through you, cleansing, healing and blessing your motives, your thoughts, your speech, your actions and your circumstances. If you believe in God and/or positive higher powers then pray for help in this. If you are an athiest then make a rational decision to embody this rule in the best way possible.