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vienna · 08-11-11, 07:10 PM

I once had a book of quotations edited, in part, by the late Steve Allen. The book was similar to "Bartlett's Quotations" in that it was devided, alphabetically, by topic (e.g, 'Love', 'Resonsibility', 'Thrift", etc.) One of the topics was "The Golen Rule". The quotes were taken from religious writings (Bible, Koran, etc.) and secular philosophical sources. They all boiled down to one "basic idea": "Do unto others as you would have done unto you". One can be religious or secular; the "basic idea" should be the governing concept...

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vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,712 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I once had a book of quotations edited, in part, by the late Steve Allen. The book was similar to "Bartlett's Quotations" in that it was devided, alphabetically, by topic (e.g, 'Love', 'Resonsibility', 'Thrift", etc.) One of the topics was "The Golen Rule". The quotes were taken from religious writings (Bible, Koran, etc.) and secular philosophical sources. They all boiled down to one "basic idea": "Do unto others as you would have done unto you". One can be religious or secular; the "basic idea" should be the governing concept...