Quotes About Reciprocity

The receiving is the giving. It's the most genuine thing you can give back. That's what they wanted to give you in the first place.

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TABLE OF PROPOSED RULES TO LIVE BY The Golden Rule Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. The Silver Rule Do not do unto others what you would not have them do unto you. The Brazen (Brass) Rule Do unto others as they do unto you. The Iron Rule Do unto others as you like, before they do it unto you. The Tit-for-Tat Rule Cooperate with others first, then do unto them as they do unto you.

Perhaps you should remember that the road runs both ways.

EÅŸit olanlar?n aras?ndakinin d???nda gerçek bir kar??l?kl?l?k olamayaca??ndan, bask? ve eÅŸitsizlik uzun vadede bir tür kendini engellemedir de.

We teach our children to help those in need because one day we might be the ones in need, and we can only hope to earn such help if we are worthy, if we are the kind who would give it and not just receive it. We believe in treating others as we would want to be treated.

It's always surprising to be reminded that while you're watching and thinking about people, all knowing and superior, they're watching and thinking about you, right back at you.

Do unto others before they do unto you.

Koan ninety-seven: Do unto otters as you would have them do unto you. Hmm. No real help there. Besides, he'd occasionally been unsure that he'd written that one down properly, although it certain had worked. He'd always left aquatic mammals well alone, and they had done the same to him.

As you will discover, the mutual impact people have on one another turns on whether they carry a self-focused inward mindset or an others-inclusive outward mindset. Understanding the dynamics of this mutual reciprocity and what to do to improve it is the focus of this book.

Would our organizations be better off if all of us were to turn outward in our work with each other? Yes. But this preferred state can be reached only if some are willing to change even when others do not—and to sustain the change whether or not others reciprocate.

There is no love that is not an echo.

Bücher haben Ehrgefühl. Wenn man sie verleiht, kommen sie nicht mehr zurück.

Justice is revenge.

Primates are really well designed to see who is not keeping up their end of the deal.

Justice... is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.

I would never do anything to hurt anybody, especially if they're helping me. I'm not that kind of person.

It's so good to have the opportunity to help others who have helped you. It's not about "tit for tat," it's about "I love you, too.

I'm not really crazy about all this tit-for-tat stuff. I'm always asked to be the one to first give up the tit.

In my experience, anybody besides your mom that feeds you is going to want something in exchange for it.

Why should I let you take it?" "Because you owe me." "Why do I owe you?" "Because I put up with you.

And I feel certain there must be a second set of laws, inscrutable but real, that governs exactly how much a particular individual can give to and receive from another. Some hydrology of human generosity. Because there are these gifts we can make to one another freely, reflexively, with no sting of loss; and there are gifts we fight to relinquish, beg to get.

For the duration of our friendship, we'd trade off roles like this: anchor and boat, beholder and beheld.

Ain't nothing in this world just for the taking...A man got to pay a fair price for taking...Matter of give a little, take a little.