Wisdom Quotes from other religions

“None of you truly believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.”
- Hadith (Sahih Bukhari)
“You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against your kinsfolk. Love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.” - Torah (Leviticus 19:18)
“This is the sum of duty: do not do to others what would cause pain if done to you.” - Mahabharata, Anusasana Parva 113.8
“Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful.” - Udanavarga 5:18
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself” - Luke 10:27
“love… precedes desire and desire precedes pleasure, and “love is naturally the first act of the will and appetite.” - St Thomas Aquinas
“As you deem yourself, so deem others. Then you shall become fearless, and be absorbed in the True Lord.” - Guru Granth Sahib, Ang 20
“Lay not on any soul a load that you would not wish to be laid upon you, and desire not for anyone the things you would not desire for yourself.” - Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, 66:1
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Akhilesh Gupta

Akhilesh Gupta is the founder of the Universal Enlightenment & Flourishing (UEF) Foundation and a past Fellow and Impact leader in residence at the Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative. He previously served as senior managing director at The Blackstone Group and held leadership roles at Reliance Industries Limited and Hindustan Unilever. Akhil currently serves on the advisory boards of three of Harvard University’s entities- Harvard Divinity School, the Human Flourishing Program, and Harvard Chan Initiative on Health and Homelessness. Akhil is the author of two books. His first publication, Bridges across Humanity – Many Religions, Same Learnings, was published in April 2023. This book highlights 54 common themes across all religions. His second book, “To Flourish is to Love Learn Play”, is due for publication in Fall 2025 by Forbes

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