Quotations

Ethics is in origin the art of recommendation to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself.

Bertrand Russell (British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian and social critic)

 
When a person feels appreciated for their infinite and absolute value, you can then communicate about any issue and you will have their cooperation and respect.

Kimberly Giles (A sought-after executive coach, author, and speaker)

In the end the aggressors always destroy themselves, making way for others who know how to cooperate and get along. Life is much less a competitive struggle for survival than a triumph of cooperation and creativity. Indeed, since the creation of the first nucleated cells, evolution has proceeded through ever more intricate arrangements of cooperation and coevolution. Partnership – the tendency to associate, establish links, live inside one another, and cooperate – is one of the hallmarks of life.

Fritjof Capra (An Austrian-born American physicist)

Effectively, change is almost impossible without industry-wide collaboration, cooperation and consensus.

Simon Mainwaring (An award-winning branding consultant, advertising creative director, and social media specialist and blogger)

Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.

Mohandas Gandhi (The preeminent leader of Indian nationalism in British-ruled India)

Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.

Franz Kafka (German-language writer of novels and short stories)

It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

Noël Coward (English playwright, composer, actor and singer)

This life is yours. Take the power to choose what you want to do and do it well. Take the power to love what you want in life and love it honestly. Take the power to walk in the forest and be a part of nature. Take the power to control your own life. No one else can do it for you. Take the power to make your life happy.

Susan Polis Schutz (American poet and producer of greeting cards) 

I have survived. I am here. Confused, screwed up, but here. So, how can I find my way? Is there a chain saw of the soul, an ax I can take to my memories or fears?

Laurie Halse Anderson (American writer best known for children’s novels)

Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good, and kind, and brave, because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort. Remember Cedric Diggory.

J. K. Rowling (British novelist best known as author of the Harry Potter series)