Quotes About Reciprocity

Duty is what one expects from others.

Hillel the Elder, author, in the first century before Christ, of the ethic of reciprocity: That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow.

Don't do unto others what you don't want done unto you.

Tsze-Kung asked, "Is there one word with which to act in accordance throughout a lifetime?" The Master said, "Is not reciprocity such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

Return good for good; return evil with justice.

To one who is not eager I do not reveal anything, nor do I explain anything to one who is not communicative. If I raise one corner for someone and he cannot come back with the other three, I do not go on.

If you want to make a stand, help others make a stand, and if you want to reach your goal, help others reach their goal. Consider yourself and treat others accordingly: this is the method of Humanity.

Do not do to others what you do not want them to do to you.

If I raise one corner for someone and he cannot come back with the other three, I do not go on.

What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

You might think that fingerprints and numbers give you a distinct identity. But soon there will be no identity so distinct as simply to have none.

Er hatte ihr das Leben gerettet. Es gab nur einen Weg, diese Schuld zu begleichen. Sie würde dasselbe eines Tages für ihn tun. Jacob.

That's the walkaway dilemma. If you take without giving, you're a mooch. If you keep track of everyone else's taking and giving, you're a creep scorekeeper. It's our version of Christian guilt—it's impious to feel good about your piety. You have to want to be good, but not feel good about how good you are. The worst thing is to be worrying about what someone else is doing, because that has nothing to do with whether you're doing right.

Our boy owes us nothing. No boy owes his parents. Parents owe their children everything, always and unconditionally, and that's just the way it goes.

You know, he said, with an effort, 'if one person loves, the other does.' …'I hope so, because if it were not, love might be a very terrible thing,' she said. 'Yes, but it is - at least with most people,' he answered.

We are interested in others when they are interested in us.

Publilius Syrus, remarked: 'We are interested in others when they are interested in us.

When you seek friendships with those who are successful, there is no guarantee they will want success for you too. You might have to work to overcome being perceived as a relational leech. On the other hand, when you seek success for those who are already friends, you can just about guarantee that these same people will want success for you.

Take what people give you. Drink their milkshakes.

The spirit receives from the body just as much as it gives to the body, if not more.

He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.

At Berkshire, full reporting means giving you the information that we would wish you to give to us if our positions were reversed.

Good behavior by each party begets good behavior in return.

You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you.