Quotes About Collaboration

the enemy of our enemy is our ally

Old enemies must be friends when a greater evil looms.

We can overcome division only by refusing to be divided.

Participation in the collective life of the polis both restrains the extraordinary individual and enlarges the ordinary individual, allowing him to participate in the extraordinary. An individual can achieve participatory excellence via the accomplishments of the polis and need not always be caught up in the agnostic struggle to outdo his peers.

How do you calculate upon the unforeseen? It seems to be an art of recognizing the role of the unforeseen, of keeping your balance amid surprises, of collaborating with chance, of recognizing that there are some essential mysteries in the world and thereby a limit to calculation, to plan, to control.

We live inside each other's thoughts and works.

Some species of trees spread root systems underground that interconnect the individual trunks and weave the individual trees into a more stable whole that can't so easily be blown down in the wind. Stories and conversations are like those roots. ("A Short History of Silence")

Mutual aid [called this in Kropotkin's 1902 Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution means that every participant is both giver and recipient in acts of care that bind them together, as distinct from the one-way street of charity. 86

The patterns of our lives come from those things that do not drift apart but move together for a little while, like dancers.

Semco's most precious asset is the wisdom of its workforce, and our success grows out of our employees' success.

Manus manum lavat.

Describe your ideal job. Go into detail about how you would feel, what experiences you would have, and how you would be treated.

The ideal organizational environment encourages everyone to observe, collect data, and speak up.

If we let ourselves notice, writing feels collaborative. It is a dance between reality and us as an observer.

Whatever God's dream about man may be, it seems certain it cannot come true unless man cooperates.

their partnership greater than the sum of its parts.

You put together two people who have not been put together before; and sometimes the world is changed, sometimes not. They may crash and burn, or burn and crash. But sometimes, something new is made, and then the world is changed. Together, in that first exaltation, that first roaring sense of uplift, they are greater than their two separate selves. Together, they see further, and they see more clearly.

Metti insieme due persone che insieme non sono mai state; a volte il mondo cambia e a volte no. Può darsi che si schiantino e prendano fuoco, o che prendano fuoco e si schiantino. Ma a volte, invece, ne nasce qualcosa di nuovo, e allora il mondo cambia. Insieme, in quel primo momento esaltante, con quella sensazione esplosiva di ascesa, esse sono più grandi dei loro sé individuali. Insieme, vedono più lontano, più chiaro.

A wave could crash down on an individual and sweep them out to sea. But if we stand together, we buoy up and then down. It's but a ripple.

Los estafadores crearon la demanda de microscopios. Por eso, los criminales son indispensables en la sociedad. Aquí fundamos Comercio Pánico con el objetivo de sistematizar los crímenes y así acelerar el proceso de desarrollo social. Esperamos que, con base en este principio, todos nuestros empleados colaboren orgullosamente con el aumento de la felicidad social.

Aquí fundamos Comercio Pánico con el objetivo de sistematizar los crímenes y así acelerar el proceso de desarrollo social. Esperamos que, con base en este principio, todos nuestros empleados colaboren orgullosamente con el aumento de la felicidad social.

Together, they were greater than either them could possibly be apart. Together, she prayed, they were invincible.

persuade Cassie to allow his mother to have more input. Cassie

It was funny because she thought of herself as a good team player, although sometimes she suspected that no one else on her team did.