Quotes About Mutualism

In the great non zero sum games of history, if you're part of the problem, then you'll likely be a victim of the solution.

The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself.

Even as people take pride in their national independence, we know we are becoming more and more interdependent.

To act collectively is according to the spirit of our institutions.

A partner ideally is capable of working alone," explained Munger. "You can be a dominant partner, subordinate partner, or an always collaborative equal partner. I've done all three.

The degree of cooperation between organisms can be expected to be a direct function of the proportion of the genes they share; conversely, the degree of conflict between them is an inverse function of the proportion of shared genes.

Kings and subjects, rich and poor, reciprocally depend upon each other; and it is the command of God that every one perform well the part which is assigned him.

Collaboration is really important.

Todd and I have a very complementary working style .

I've always believed the better the players I'm surrounded by, the better I am. I've never tried to think of myself as anything different. I know who I am as a basketball player and I'm never going to try to pretend that I'm more or less, but definitely not more.

Free people make the only milieu possible in society for the full gift of one's self to church, state, and family. Free people enjoy and sustain and feel with one another because they live for one another. The paths of life are intermingled lives.

Music should never be a dictatorship. It should be a symbiotic relationship between the musician and the audience.

You're self-reliant. Like your trees." "But that's just it, Dennis. They aren't self-reliant. Everything out here is cutting deals with everything else." "That's what I think, too." She laughs at the purity of his hunch.

those self-grafted knots, the two trees join their vascular systems together and become one. Networked together underground by countless thousands of miles of living fungal threads, her trees feed and heal each other, keep their young and sick alive, pool their resources and metabolites into community chests. . . . It will take years for the picture to emerge. There

When the lateral roots of two Douglas-firs run into each other underground, they fuse. Through those self-grafted knots, the two trees join their vascular systems together and become one. Networked together underground by countless thousands of miles of living fungal threads, her trees feed and heal each other, keep their young and sick alive, pool their resources and metabolites into community chests. . . . It

The best way to do the job, Polanyi argued, was to allow each worker to keep track of what every other worker was doing.

All life is part of a complex relationship in which each is dependent upon the others, taking from, giving to and living with all the rest.

Being part of an agenda beyond ourselves liberates us to complement each other rather than compete with each other.

but this was always the test of our relationship. Were we symbiotic or parasitic?

could not endure a man who would let himself be ruled by me, and I would not endure a man who tried to rule me. However

I am a believer in cooperation.

I believe in collaboration and cooperation.

We've always shared everything - writing credits, all the royalties - and there's no real leader because if there was one, we'd immediately depose them.

The band can't exist without the crowd, and the crowd wouldn't be there if it wasn't for the band, and it really is something magical that people need.