Reciprocity is a deep instinct; it is the basic currency of social life. — Jonathan Haidt
There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life -reciprocity. — Confucius
Reciprocity is a natural human dynamic that exists in us because we’re humans. Some people are very guarded about it, so we have to be careful about how we trigger it. If we ask, we tend to owe. — Chris Voss
The basis of social relationships is reciprocity: if you cooperate with others, others will cooperate with you. — Carroll Quigley
there is one word that can be the guide for your life- it is the word reciprocity. — Pearl S. Buck
We must remember how to honor and respect life with each breath, step, word, and thought. What you bless blesses you in return. This is the power of reciprocity. — Sandra Ingerman
Fair exchange, as the old saw goes is never robbery — Iceberg Slim
Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones - with ingratitude. — Benjamin Franklin
Short Reciprocity Quotes
Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart. — Washington Irving
One hand washes the other and together they wash the face. — Turkish Proverbs
One hand washes the other and both wash the face — Greek Proverbs
Scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours. — American Proverbs
No love is ever wasted. Its worth does not lie in reciprocity. — Neal A. Maxwell
You cannot ask anyone for things you don’t already give them. — Alex Hormozi
Understand the boat and the boat will understand you. — Scottish Proverbs
That which you do not wish for yourself, do not impose on others. — Umar
I like to believe that love is a reciprocal thing, that it can't really be felt, truly, by one. — Sean Penn
Reciprocity Image Quotes
The Law Of Reciprocity Quotes
What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature. — Voltaire
When a man is guided by the principles of reciprocity and consciousness, he is not far from the moral law. Whatever you don't wish for yourself don't do unto others. — Confucius
Both of these branches of evolutionary science, are, in my opinion, in the closest causal connection; this arises from the reciprocal action of the laws of heredity and adaptation. — Ernst Haeckel
The central law of all wholesome life is reciprocity, mutuality. ... But the group is valuable only as it permits personalities, not automatons, to emerge. — Norman Thomas
Relationship Reciprocity Quotes
It is important that our relationship with farm animals is reciprocal. We owe animals a decent life and a painless death. I have observed that the people who are completely out of touch with nature are the most afraid of death. — Temple Grandin
to feed, help, protect, comfort, console, support, nurse, or heal to be fed, helped, nursed, protected, comforted, consoled, supported, nursed, or healed to form mutually enjoyable, enduring, cooperating and reciprocating relationship with Other, with an equal to be forgiven to be loved to be free — Sarah Kane
Every relationship between persons causes a picture of each to take form in the mind of the other, and this picture evidently is in reciprocal relationship with that personal relationship. — Georg Simmel
Culture and technology exist in a dynamic reciprocal relationship. Culture comprehends technology through the means of narratives or myths, and those narratives influence the future shape and purposes of technology. The culture-technology circuit is at the heart of cultural evolution. — Brenda Laurel
Without close and reciprocal relationships with other animal beings, we're alienated from the rich, diverse, and magnificent world in which we live. — Marc Bekoff
There is a strong reciprocal relationship whereby our more ambitious design visions encourage the continuing development of the new digital technologies and fabrication techniques, and those new developments in turn inspire us to push the design envelope ever further. — Zaha Hadid
Even though the realms of religion and science in themselves are clearly marked off from each other, nevertheless there exist between the two strong reciprocal relationships and dependencies. — Albert Einstein
Many species reciprocate, but only humans gossip, and much of what we gossip about is the vale of other people as partners for reciprocal relationships. — Jonathan Haidt
Motherhood, in the sense of an intense, reciprocal relationship with a particular child, or children, is one part of female process; it is not an identity for all time. — Adrienne Rich
Life works most perfectly when a reciprocal love relationship is in place between man and God. — Beth Moore
Reciprocate Quotes
In the marriage union, the independence of the husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal. — Lucretia Mott
True community is based on upon equality, mutuality, and reciprocity. It affirms the richness of individual diversity as well as the common human ties that bind us together. — Pauli Murray
Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of happy mutual love have missed the best thing that life has to give. — Bertrand Russell
Vertical and horizontal lines are the expression of two opposing forces; they exist everywhere and dominate everything; their reciprocal action constitutes 'life'. I recognized that the equilibrium of any particular aspect of nature rests on the equivalence of its opposites. — Piet Mondrian
He has willed - He wills incessantly - that the modifications of the mind and those of the body shall be reciprocal. This is the conjunction and the natural dependence of the two parts of which we are constituted. — Nicolas Malebranche
TRUE WEALTH - Worriless sleeping, Clear conscience, Reciprocal gratitude, Absence of envy, Muscle strength, Frequent laughs, No meals alone, No gym classes, Good digestive functions, No meeting rooms, Periodic surprises, Foamy coffee, Crusty bread, Ability to nap, Access to a hammock — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Love is willing self-sacrifice for the good of another that does not require reciprocation or that the person being loved is deserving — Paul David Tripp
Authentic love must be founded on reciprocal recognition of two freedoms. For each of them, love would be the revelation of the self through the gift of the self and the enrichment of the universe. — Simone de Beauvoir
But simply punishing the broken--walking away from them or hiding them from sight--only ensures that they remain broken and we do, too. There is no wholeness outside of our reciprocal humanity. — Bryan Stevenson
You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle of your entire life and that with the help of divine grace you will observe these solemn vows that today, before God, you formulate. — Pope John Paul II
Because the relationship between self and world is reciprocal, it is not a matter of first getting enlightened or saved and then acting. As we work to heal the Earth, the Earth heals us. No need to wait. As we care enough to take risks, we loosen the grip of ego and begin to come home to our true nature. — Joanna Macy
The necessity of reciprocal checks in the exercise of political power, by dividing and distributing it into different depositories, and constituting each the guardian of the public weal against invasions by the others, has been evinced by experiments ancient and modern, some of them in our country and under our own eyes. — George Washington
Volleyball is one of the most interactive games going. It is a game of intuition, imagination, improvisation - but most of all, of reciprocity - of teamwork. There is no way to free-lance in volleyball. — Marv Dunphy
The more you give, the more you receive. — Romanian Proverbs
Marriage is that relation between man and woman in which the independence is equal, the dependence mutual, and the obligation reciprocal. — Louis K. Anspacher
We cannot expect anything from the world that we are not willing to expect from ourselves. — Mahatria Ra
A society that relies on generalized reciprocity is more efficient than a distrustful society, for the same reason that money is more efficient than barter. Trust lubricates social life. Networks of civic engagement also facilitate coordination and communication and amplify information about the trustworthiness of other individuals. — Robert D. Putnam
My attitude toward friendship has remained the same. I will support and encourage you with all the love in my heart, but if it's not reciprocal, I gotta go. If your friends are bitter about your success to the extent that they act out, don't expect them to change. Move on. — RuPaul
Hand washes hand, leg supports leg. — Polish Proverbs
The gift expects another gift in return. — Icelandic Proverbs
One thing I've always struggled with in life is loving people too much. It's painful when that love is not reciprocated. But one thing I always comfort myself with is the fact that Allah will always show greater love to those who love Him. Allah doesn't disappoint you so keep your heart attached to Him. — Omar Suleiman
Primates are really well designed to see who is not keeping up their end of the deal. — Robert M. Sapolsky
War is an act of force, and to the application of that force there is no limit. Each of the adversaries forces the hand of the other, and a reciprocal action results which in theory can have no limit. — Carl von Clausewitz
If you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It's a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn't education. It's history. It's poetry. — J. D. Salinger
Now you shall consider My love in the Blessed Sacrament. Here, I am entirely yours, soul, body and divinity, as your Bridegroom. You know what love demands: one thing only, reciprocity. — Mary Faustina Kowalska
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