George D. Herron and the Golden Rule Philosophy

He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own.
~Confucius


There can never be success without happiness, and no one can be happy without bringing happiness to others. It must be voluntary and with no other objective than that of spreading sunshine into the hearts of those who are burdened. Here is George D. Herrons Philosophy on The Golden Rule.


WE have talked much of the brotherhood to come; but brotherhood has always been the fact of our life, long before ti became a modern and inspired sentiment. Only we have been brothers in slavery and torment, brothers in ignorance and its perdition, brothers in disease, and war, and want, brothers in prostitution and hypocrisy. What happens to one of us sooner or later happens to all; we have always been inescapably involved in common destiny. The world constantly tends to the level of the down most man in it; and that down most man is the world's real ruler, hugging it close to his bosom, dragging it down to his death.
You do not think so, but it is true, and it ought to be true. For if there were some way by which some of us could get free, apart from others, if there were some way by which some of us could have heaven while others had hell, if there were some way by which part of the world could escape some form of the blight and peril and misery of disinherited labor, then indeed would our world be lost and damned; but since men have never been able to separate themselves from one another's woes and wrongs, since history is fairly stricken with the lesson that we cannot escape brotherhood of some kind, since the whole of life is teaching us that we are hourly choosing between brotherhood in suffering and brotherhood in good, it remains for us to choose the brotherhood of a cooperative world, with all its fruits thereof-the fruits of love and liberty!

Emersons Keys to Success and The Golden Rule

"Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society. On the most profitable lie the course of events presently lays a destructive tax; whilst frankness proves to be the best tactics, for it invites frankness, puts the parties on a convenient footing and makes their business a friendship. Trust me and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great, though they make an exception in your favor to all their rules of trade."
~Emerson

The Golden Rule philosophy is to "do unto others as they would like you to do unto them." If you don't know what they like, you can always ask. If you treat people fairly and go out of your way just to make people happy, you will usually have the same favor returned to you. You can learn something from everyone you meet, and before you ever judge someone see what they have to offer, before you misjudge them.

If only the world could live by this simple rule. But adopting this rule here and now I can guarantee you will live a happy and successful life. Its that simple.