Quotes About Reciprocity

And the day when our human race has fully matured, it will not define itself as the sum of the inhabitants of the globe, but as the infinite unity of their reciprocities.

corroborar la lógica de que a cada observado le corresponde un observador que, siendo a su vez observado por aquel observado, se convierte él mismo en observado [...]

In a relationship you want to treat people the way you want to be treated.

Bitterness is repaid more often than kindness.

A thing of nature. For every Push, there is a Pull. A consequence.

Love must be allowed to flow both ways—if it is not, then it is not truly love, I think.

Love must be allowed to flow both ways—if it is not, then it is not truly love, I think. It is something else. Infatuation, perhaps? Either way, there are some of us who are far too quick to make martyrs of ourselves. We stand at the side, watching, thinking that we do the right thing by inaction. We fear pain—our own, or that of another." He

If connection is the energy that surges between people, we have to remember that those surges must travel in both directions.

May you always do for others and let others do for you. —Bob Dylan

if you don't put value on your work, no one is going to do that for you.

As a self-rejecting person always in search of affirmation and affection, I find it impossible to love consistently without asking for something in return.

It is difficult to begin without borrowing, but perhaps it is the most generous course thus to permit your fellow-men to have an interest in your enterprise. The owner of the axe, as he released his hold on it, said that it was the apple of his eye; but I returned it sharper than I received it.

dopotutto non erano tanto nobili, ma trattavano il ladro nella stessa maniera in cui il ladro li trattava.

El Estado jamás presta o da algo a los ciudadanos que previamente no haya obtenido de ellos mismos.

However much you might watch me I should be watching you more.

the Countess often asked more from one's attention than she gave in return

Like money, books must be kept in constant circulation. Lend and borrow to the maximum. –

Information. The other side seems to know more about you and your needs than you know about them and their needs.

People send me fanmail in the post, and I keep every letter, and I always say I will read every single one. It might take me years and years, but I'll do it. Your audience are what makes you, so you have give as much back as you can.

We see things like reciprocity which are fairly central to our view of ethics. But if you're talking about a set of worked-out rules on what we are supposed to do then, yes, it is a human product.

After September 11th, nations from across the globe offered their generous assistance to the people of New York. And whenever our friends around the world need our assistance, New York is there.

You get out of life what you put into it. I think you need a bit of luck but you also make a bit of luck. I think that if you're a pretty decent person you'll get back what you put in.

You treat people with greatness and greatness will come back to you.

People treat me nice 'cos I treat them nice.