I think if you respect people, animals, nature you will grow a better understanding of life itself. You would not hurt or kill needlessly.

I defer to Carl Sagan: "Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves."

Our evolutionary history tells us two important truths: that we are connected in flesh and blood to all living things on earth, and that we are something new and wonderful.

People are most likely to act badly when angry, afraid, or otherwise not coping well with stress - when simply negligent - or when too passionately committed to fixed ideas. These failings can be avoided, however. In the long run, you will become what you train yourself to be.

Do something to help future generations.

Humility is the beginning of wisdom.

Every action, rule and belief must be continually weighed for its value in truth and our benefit to humanity. We must be brave enough to cast aside that which we find untrue or harmful and embrace new wisdom with stronger a foundation.

The majority of people of all races (not necessarily religions) try to live a just and life and productive lives. Do not let the failed individual color an entire group of people.

Covers many of the 10 commandments in one simple phrase