Quotes About Reciprocity

Women hate a debt as men a gift.

Mentre ci allontanavamo sull'automobile ho ricordato con infinita gratitudine le gentilezze ricevute in quelle brutte casette, e fra la comunità inglese in generale. Gentilezze del genere sono facili da dimenticare e impossibili da ricambiare: bisogna essere ricchi per offrire in Inghilterra lo stesso grado di ospitalità che equivale a due lenzuola pulite e a un bagno dopo un viaggio in Persia.

The Sikh gave him the money. When Menon asked for his address so that he could repay the man, the Sikh said that Menon owed the debt to any stranger who came to him in need, as long as he lived. The help came from a stranger and was to be repaid to a stranger.

You know, without realizing it we fill important places in each other's lives.

AESTHETICS OF OPERA Don't sing an aria To someone who can't Sing one back.

As ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them. Let the fruits of the spirit be manifested in thy life day by day. Be not afraid to just be kind, just be patient, just be longsuffering even with those that would speak ill of thee. For what glory hast thou if thou dost good only to those that do good to thee? 835-1

Humans were so ignorant, taking for granted what they received from each other, never knowing the energy they passed between themselves.

I hate it when people use stuff and don't replace

It made you happy, to be used by me?" Perhaps not so promising. I raised my brows with amusement. "I orgasmed three times; you did once. Who's using whom, Siberian?

Self-regarding considerations can be as universalizable as other-regarding considerations: we owe things to ourselves as well to others

The pulse of a strong relationship involves a rhythmic movement between giving and taking, talking and listening, valuing the other person and feeling commensurately valued in return.

Sometimes during a relationship, a friendship, a friend's gonna have to prove they're your friend, and you're gonna have to prove you're their friend.

The best relationships were the ones where both sides went out of their way to make sure the other wasn't disappointed.

If you imagine that everything is an exchange, then we're supposed to just transact and walk away. If we haven't walked away and we still have a relationship, it's because there's a debt.

Do unto others 20% better than you would expect them to do unto you, to correct for subjective error.

God created man in his own image. And man, being a gentleman, returned the favor.

To honor him whom we have made is far from honoring him that hath made us.

If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.")

Thou shalt not unfollow someone, merely because they stopped following you.

If you expect respect from others, show it first to yourself. You can't expect from others what you don't give to yourself.

My experience on this planet is that if you treat people with respect, they tend to treat you with respect.

What goes around, comes around.

Respect other people regardless of the level they are at... or the level you are at. When you hand out respect, you get it back.

We must remember how to honor and respect life with each breath, step, word, and thought. What you bless blesses you in return. This is the power of reciprocity.