Do not that to another, which thou wouldst not have done to thyself.
Interpretation
Treat others as you wish to be treated.
This quote by Thomas Hobbes emphasizes the importance of empathy and reciprocity in human interactions. It encourages individuals to consider the impact of their actions on others, fostering a moral framework where kindness and respect are paramount.
In practice
In a discussion about ethics, one might reference this quote to highlight the importance of treating others well.
Baptism is the sacrament of allegiance of them that are to be received into the Kingdom of God, that is to say, into Eternal life, that is to say, to Remission of Sin. For as Eternal life was lost by the committing, so it is recovered by the remitting of men's sins.
Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.
For it is not the shape, but their use, that makes them angels.
For to accuse requires less eloquence, such is man's nature, than to excuse; and condemnation, than absolution, more resembles justice.
Scientia potentia est, sed parva; quia scientia egregia rara est, nec proinde apparens nisi paucissimis, et in paucis rebus. Scientiae enim ea natura est, ut esse intelligi non possit, nisi ab illis qui sunt scientia praediti.
The end of knowledge is power ... the scope of all speculation is the performing of some action or thing to be done.
I am not, in the ordinary acceptation of the term, a good-natured man; that is, many things annoy me besides what interferes with my own ease and interest. I hate a lie; a piece of injustice wounds me to the quick, though nothing but the report of it reach me. Therefore I have made many enemies and few friends; for the public know nothing of well-wishers, and keep a wary eye on those who would reform them.
In the consciousness of the truth he has perceived, man now sees everywhere only the awfulness or the absurdity of existence and loathing seizes him.
Perhaps there is no more dangerous place for a Christian to be than in safety and comfort, detached from the suffering of others.
If ever you wish to meet intellectual frauds in quantity, go to Paris.
We know that freedom has many dimensions. It is the right of the man who tills the land to own the land; the right of the workers to join together to seek better conditions of labor; the right of businessmen to use ingenuity and foresight to produce and distribute without arbitrary interference in a truly competitive economy.
Religion increasingly is tending to degenerate into a decent formula wherewith to embellish a comfortable life.
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