Repaying Evil with Good
Shared across 7 traditions
Buddhism, Christianity, Taoism, Hinduism, Judaism, Confucianism, Sikhism
Buddhism
For hatred does not cease by hatred at any time: hatred ceases by love, this is an old rule.
The Dhammapada, v. 5, F. Max Müller (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 10), 1881
Christianity
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
The Bible (King James Version), Romans 12:21, 1611
Taoism
(It is the way of the Tao) to act without (thinking of) acting; to conduct affairs without (feeling the) trouble of them; to taste without discerning any flavour; to consider what is small as great, and a few as many; and to recompense injury with kindness.
The Tao Te Ching, ch. 63, James Legge (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 39), 1891
Hinduism
He who seeking his own happiness does not punish or kill beings who also long for happiness, will find happiness after death.
The Dhammapada, v. 132, F. Max Müller (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 10), 1881
Judaism
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink.
The Bible (King James Version), Proverbs 25:21, 1611
Confucianism
Or he who is continually thinking things easy is sure to find them difficult; therefore the sage sees difficulty in everything, and on that account never meets with difficulties.
The Tao Te Ching, ch. 63, James Legge (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 39), 1891
Sikhism
Listening, pain and sin are erased.
Shri Guru Granth Sahib, Japji section, anonymous English translation, 1877