“...as to the question of where exactly hell and the Buddha exist, one sutra states that hell exists underground, and another sutra says that the Buddha is in the west. Closer examination, however, reveals that both exist in our five-foot body. This must be true because hell is in the heart of a person who inwardly despises his father and disregards his mother. It is like the lotus seed, which contains both blossom and fruit. In the same way, the Buddha dwells within our hearts.”

Ha ha ha..... Absolutely none whatsoever. What is this scripture you speak off?? (Sarcasm and if you can't see the joke then you are barking to the wrong tree buddy). Gotta admit, I am surprised you have got some responses already.

Why?

Can't we just leave it to the religious to chery pick their fairy tales?

How about we make our own up instead?

Nothing. I've never read the religious texts.

One verse from the bible that I always liked is: "Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it." (Hebrews 13:2) It is reminiscent of "judge not, let ye be judged."

For ME, I interpret it as "DON'T BE A DICK."

“Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of (another)... There are just some kind of men who - who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

You said you were looking for quotes from books of fiction, right?

Do unto others as you would have them do to you; some version of "the golden rule" is pretty universal in all systems of belief/conviction.

Matthew 5:44 Love your enemies and do good to those that hate you

I have no favorite scriptures any longer. That's because I am no longer a believer. But, let's just take from a scripture a moment. Jesus says:
"There shall be wars and rumors of wars."
DUH! Is this supposed to be profound or something?

Luke: study to show thyself approved.

Do unto others as you’d have them do unto you

Somewhere I the New Testament, I always loved —-“ Take no thought of the morrow, what ye shall eat and what ye shall drink etc!”

I find the Buddhist parables of the mustard seed and the drunken monk to have great philosophical meaning.

Well I’ve never been a bible thumper type but I think there are so many that really make sense, god or no god. I do not have the cites and I’ll think on this more but the one that comes to mind is the Golden Rule......”do unto others as you would have done to you” (sic)

"Honor no man before woman but share in equal balance" , "there is no rule over man only he who rules himself"- necronomica

Do to others what you would have them do to you.

Proverbs, chapter 23, verse 7: "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he".

I just love your quote from the Koran - those brackets really sum up the faith of islam - "don't do it, but actually you can if you think it's ok. Then do it". And seeing as anything is ok to increase the spread of the islamic faith, including lying, stealing, raping and killing, that'll do then.

"The live in wisdom who see themselves in all and all in them, who have renounced every selfish desire and sense craving tormenting the heart."
~ Bhagavad Git