Quotes About Mutuality

Whoever says You does not have something; he has nothing. But he stands in relation.

The basic word I-You can only be spoken with one's whole being. The basic word I-It can never be spoken with one's whole being.

The basic word I-You can only be spoken with one's whole being.

Man wishes to be confirmed in his being by man, and wishes to have a presence in the being of the other…. Secretly and bashfully he watches for a YES which allows him to be and which can come to him only from one human person to another.

Love is responsibility of an I for a You: in this consists what cannot consist in any feeling - the equality of all lovers..

Love is a two way street.

Camerado, I give you my hand, I give you my love more precious than money, I give you myself before preaching or law; Will you give me yourself?

You cannot be friends upon any other terms than upon the terms of equality.

Love is the reward of love

Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual.

To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.

dimensión social de la existencia humana. En un pasaje famoso afirma: «Las relaciones entre nosotros son como un arco de piedra, que se caerá si las piedras no se apoyan mutuamente entre ellas, y que se erige precisamente de esa manera».

You were there before it. And the cloud can't exist without the sky, but the sky can exist without the cloud.

What exists are not separated animals, but an inter-animality.

I am receiving and giving in the same gesture.

I live in the facial expressions of the other, as I feel him living in mine.

I don't believe an accident of birth makes people sisters or brothers. It makes them siblings, gives them mutuality of parentage. Sisterhood and brotherhood is a condition people have to work at.

Our neighbour's tree is our tree; our tree is our neighbour's tree!

If God meant woman to rule over man, He would have taken her out of Adam's head. Had He designed her to be his slave, He would have taken her out of his feet. But God took woman out of man's side, for He made her to be a helpmate and an equal to him. —Augustine

At the end of the day, it would be wise to learn how to cooperate with others; so as not to put yourself first most of the time.

Giving and taking is the law of any relationship, when you are all standing on the same ground. In terms of power or control.

Love cannot exist when the chain of give-and-take is broken.

As far as he was concerned, that meant he was free to address the others on equal terms,

Other people can also help you take care of your needs and desires. Whatever