Quotes About Cooperation

Seneca: "we are bad men living among bad men; and only one thing can calm us—we must agree to go easy on one another."1 Another thing to keep in mind

The emotions are perfectly willing to listen to the intellect as long as the intellect isn't trying to impose its views but is merely trying to help the emotions get what they want.

Men was formed for society, and is neither capable of living alone, nor has the courage to do it.

In the neutral zone, be wary of any arrangement or activity that shows a preference for one group over others. During this middle phase of transition, people want to feel that "we are all in this boat together"—another good metaphor. They will put up with a lot of discomfort if everyone must do so as well.

to stop squabbling and cooperate with each other. But both men did agree that this was the right moment to revive Maratha power in Hindustan, and that the best way of cementing this would be to install Shah Alam back in Delhi under their joint protection, and so secure control of his affairs.21 The master of Delhi, they knew, was always the master of Hindustan.

Politicians need citizens who will permit them to behave reasonably.

We cannot swing up on a rope that is attached only to our own belt.

That a society of free men, co-operating under contract, is by far the strongest society which has ever yet existed; that

The reason why man is not altogether a brute is, because he has learned to accumulate capital, to use capital, to advance to a higher organization of society, to develop a completer co-operation, and so to win greater and greater control over Nature.

In a free state every man is held and expected to take care of himself and his family, to make no trouble for his neighbor, and to contribute his full share to public interests and common necessities. If

It's really necessary for the United States to continue to give strong leadership to the Middle East peace process, supported by European countries at the same time.

When times are tough and people are frustrated and angry and hurting and uncertain, the politics of constant conflict may be good, but what is good politics does not necessarily work in the real world. What works in the real world is cooperation.

Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.

Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.

You will share the same fire. You will hang your garments together. You will help one another. You will walk the same trail. You will look after one another. Be kind to one another. Be kind to your children.

Harvard is first and foremost a university and not a consulting operation, and our job here is to teach and to research and to create knowledge on Asia in conjunction and in cooperation with scholars as well as with political, intellectual, and cultural leaders in Asia.

Where nobody trusts anyone else, it's impossible to work together.

One cannot subdue a man by holding back his hands. Lasting peace comes not from force.

But I'm pretty good with collaborative thinking. I work well with other people.

To not be modest about it, you'll find that with only a couple of exceptions, most of the musicians that I've worked with have done their best work by far with me.

In the end, the work of diplomats continues even while others fight. So, it's not necessarily true that everyone needs to march.

without social trust, the political system devolves into a brutal shoving match

All that interconnectedness that facilitated much of the explosion of megawealth over the last decade also facilitated the interpenetration of everything, so no one or no building is truly isolated and 'safe' anymore. Safety is in getting along. (p.261)

We believe in a flexible union of free member states who share treaties and institutions and pursue together the ideal of co-operation, to represent and promote the values of European civilisation in the world, advance our shared interests by using our collective power to open markets, and to build a strong economic base across the whole of Europe.