One going to take a pointed stick to pinch a baby bird should first try it on himself to feel how it hurts.
Yoruba Proverb
Feel How It Hurts
Theme: Golden Rule
“One going to take a pointed stick to pinch a baby bird should first try it on himself to feel how it hurts.”
African Traditional Religions
Yoruba Proverb
Wilson, Andrew, editor. World Scripture - a Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts. Paragon House, 1991, p. 114 [Yoruba Proverb].
Theme: Golden Rule
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Yoruba Proverb
Another Yoruba teaching from the Yoruba religion is: “He who injures another injures himself.”
The Golden Rule Chronology
c. 1900? From the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria (and surrounding areas of West Africa) comes this golden rule: “One who is going to take a pointed stick to pinch a baby bird should first try it on himself to feel how it hurts.”
–Rev., Dr. Harry Gensler S.J. [The Golden Rule Chronology].