Q&A with Sam Harris (2005) http://www.samharris.org/press/Q&A-with-Sam-Harris.pdf <br class="br">2000s <br class="br">Context: The principal tenet of Jainism is non-harming. Observant Jains will literally not harm a fly. Fundamentalist Jainism and fundamentalist Islam do not have the same consequences, neither logically nor behaviorally.
“The principal source of the harm done by the State is the fact that power is its chief end.”
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist
Principles of Social Reconstruction (1917), Ch. II: The State
1910s
Maneka Gandhi (1956) Indian politician and activist
On vegetarian communities like Jains and Marwaris, as quoted in "Being vegetarian is the only way to save the planet: Maneka Gandhi" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/developmental-issues/Being-vegetarian-is-the-only-way-to-save-the-planet-Maneka-Gandhi/articleshow/19650129.cms, The Times of India (20 April 2013) <br class="br">2011-present
“Harm is in us.
Harm in us, but power to arm.
Harm is in us.
Leave it open!”
Kate Bush (1958) British recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician and record producer
Song lyrics, The Dreaming (1982)
“Choose not to be harmed—and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed—and you haven’t been.”
Marcus Aurelius (121–180) Emperor of Ancient Rome
Source: The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Adversity to Advantage
“He harms himself who does harm to another, and the evil plan is most harmful to the planner.”
Hesiod book Works and Days
οἷ γ᾽ αὐτῷ κακὰ τεύχει ἀνὴρ ἄλλῳ κακὰ τεύχων<br>ἡ δὲ κακὴ βουλὴ τῷ βουλεύσαντι κακίστη. <br class="br">The man who does evil to another does evil to himself, and the evil counsel is most evil for him who counsels it. <br class="br">He for himself weaves woe who weaves for others woe,<br>and evil counsel recoils on the counsellor. https://archive.org/stream/b24865898#page/432/mode/2up <br class="br">Source: Works and Days (c. 700 BC), lines 265-266
“There should be neither harming nor reciprocating harm.”
Muhammad (570–632) Arabian religious leader and the founder of Islam
Abu Saíd Saád bin Malik bin Sinan Al-Khudri in The Sunnah and the Science of Hadith by Imam Yahia bin Sharaful-Deen An-Nawawi http://www.wisdom.edu.ph/Sunnah/3FortyHadith.html Hadith 32 <br class="br">Shi'ite Hadith
“The harm that I have not done, what harm it has done!”
Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet
El mal que no he hecho, ¡cuánto mal ha hecho!
Voces (1943)
“My dignity asks him who does me no harm to do me no harm. Of him who harms me it asks nothing.”
Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet
Mi dignidad le pide a quien no me hace daño que no me haga daño, y a quien me hace daño no le pide nada.
Voces (1943)
“That which is good for the enemy harms you, and that which is good for you harms the enemy.”
Niccolo Machiavelli book The Art of War
Quello che giova al nimico nuoce a te, e quel che giova a te nuoce al nimico. <br class="br"> Rule 1 from Machiavelli's Lord Fabrizio Colonna: libro settimo (Book 7) http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101013672561;view=1up;seq=176 (Modern Italian uses nemico instead of nimico.) <br class="br">The Art of War (1520)
