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“If you ask anyone, what is morality based on? These are the two factors that always come out: One is reciprocity, … a sense of fairness, and the other one is empathy and compassion.”

Ifs Two Inspiration Motivation Asks Compassion Morality Empathy Factors Fairness Reciprocity Compassion And Empathy

Author:Frans de Waal

“Something special can happen late at night in a jazz club. As the crowd thins, the musicians intuitively sense that those few who have stayed, have stayed for a reason. A reciprocity of need and desire inspires the musicians to dig as deeply into their talent and souls as they are able. This mysterious and transformative confluence of events rarely happens in concert. It is the province of the nightclub.”

Needs Soul Reason Happens Able Desire Night Special Talent Events Inspire Late Musician Jazz Crowds Clubs Mysterious Concerts Provinces Something Special Reciprocity Nightclubs Confluence

Author:Patricia Barber

“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.”

Reason Individual Social Information Communication Rely Engagement Efficient Civics Social Life Reciprocity Facilitate Trustworthiness Coordination Amplify Civic Engagement

Author:Robert D. Putnam

“That which you do not wish for yourself, do not impose on others.”

Wish Golden Rule Reciprocity Do Unto Others

Author:Umar

“Only by affirming the animateness of perceived things do we allow our words to emerge directly from the depths of our ongoing reciprocity with the world.”

World Depth Ongoing Our Words Reciprocity Affirming Animism

Book:The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-than-human World

Source: The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-than-human World

“Confirming an intuitive sense I've always felt for the interconnectedness of all things, this doctrine has provided me ways to understand the intricate web of co-arising that links one being with all other beings, and to apprehend the reciprocities between thought and action, self and universe.”

Way Self Action Universe Felt Morality Ethics All Things Doctrine Links Intuitive Intricate Reciprocity Interconnectedness Thoughts And Actions

Author:Joanna Macy

“When one cultivates to the utmost the principles of his nature, and exercises them on the principle of reciprocity, he is not far from the path.”

Principles Path Exercise Reciprocity Superior Man

Book:The Chinese Classics: The life and works of Mencius

Source: The Chinese Classics: The life and works of Mencius

“The very ingredients that nurture love - mutuality, reciprocity, protection, worry, responsibility for the other - are sometimes the very ingredients that stifle desire.”

Sometimes Inspiration Desire Motivation Responsibility Worry Protection Ingredients Nurture Reciprocity

Author:Esther Perel

“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.”

Remember Steps Return Honor Breaths Bless Reciprocity Honor And Respect Respect Life

Author:Sandra Ingerman

“The Supreme Court of Canada has given prisoners the "right" to vote. Is it not time that non-jailed citizens were given reciprocity with a "right" that prisoners have; namely the freedom to bypass the public system when it fails to provide reasonable access?”

Given Failing Citizens Vote Court Access Supreme Reasonable Canada Prisoner Healthcare Supreme Court Reciprocity Right To Vote Bypass

Author:Brian Day

“Hospitality is always an act that benefits the host even more than the guest. The concept of hospitality arose in ancient times when the reciprocity was easier to see: in nomadic cultures, the food and shelter one gave to a stranger yesterday is the food and shelter one hopes to receive from a stranger tomorrow. By offering hospitality, one participates in the endless reweaving of a social fabric on which all can depend-thus the gift of sustenance for the guest becomes a gift of hope for the host.”

Source: The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life

“Love is never wasted, for its value does not rest upon reciprocity.”

Doe Values Love Is Reciprocity

Author:C. S. Lewis

“Quadratic reciprocity is the song of love in the land of prime numbers.”

Song Numbers Land Math Prime Reciprocity Prime Numbers Quadratics

Author:Kato

“If, on the other hand, we wish to describe a particular phenomenon without repressing our direct experience, then we cannot avoid speaking of the phenomenon as an active, animate entity with which we find ourselves engaged. To the sensing body, no thing presents itself as utterly passive or inert. Only by affirming the animateness of perceived things do we allow our words to emerge directly from the depths of our ongoing reciprocity with the world.”

Ifs World Body Hands Wish Particular Direct Experience Depth Active Engaged Phenomenon Passive Entity Ongoing Our Words Reciprocity Affirming Sensing

Author:David Abram

“I've argued that many of what philosophers call moral sentiments can be seen in other species. In chimpanzees and other animals, you see examples of sympathy, empathy, reciprocity, a willingness to follow social rules. Dogs are a good example of a species that have and obey social rules; that's why we like them so much, even though they're large carnivores.”

Social Animal Moral Atheism Dog Example Empathy Species Philosopher Positive Atheism Willingness Sentiments Reciprocity Good Examples Chimpanzees Carnivores

Author:Frans de Waal

“Reciprocity helps us balance the need for self-determination and creative individuality with mutual hope, and therefore what might be described as "solidarity".”

Needs Self Helping Might Creative Balance Determination Individuality Mutual Self Determination Solidarity Reciprocity

Author:David Blunkett

“My relationships are based on personal reciprocity. Being a Dodger was a matter of heart, but in the end I felt they didn't want me.”

Want Heart Ends Matter Felt Want Me Reciprocity Dodgers

Author:Steve Garvey

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