True patriots measure themselves not by personal wealth or power but by the degree to which they contribute to the community.
My grandmother lived in a universe filled with life. It was impossible for her to conceive of any creature - even the smallest insect, let alone a human being - as insignificant. In every leaf, flower, animal, and star she saw an expression of a compassionate universe, whose laws were not competition and survival of the fittest but cooperation, artistry and thrift. . . .
When you find a man who knows his job and is willing to take responsibility, keep out of his way and don't bother him with unnecessary supervision. What you may think is cooperation is nothing but interference.
We have to deal with where we are. We have to create cooperatives, we have to create intentional communities, we have to work for local cooperation where we are.
Non-cooperation with tyrants is a duty.
I became convinced that noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good.
If cooperation among governments were the superior concept for progress in Europe, I'd be onboard immediately. But the problem is that cooperation isn't working.
There is nothing in art, in philosophy, or in politics to match the fervor of mutual cooperation among discordant bands of fanatics.
You have no idea how far I'm willing to go to acquire your cooperation.
Moreover, resolving the mother of all problems - the Israeli-Palestinian question - requires cooperation between Europe and the U. S.
Men will find that they can. . . avoid far more easily the perils which beset them on all sides by united action.
The Nazi-Soviet pact of 1939, a traumatic shock to me, ended any ambivalence I had about the Soviet Union, and all cooperation with Communists in united fronts.
We need a strategy to destroy ISIS there. You can't do that without the cooperation of the Muslim world because they're as threatened as we are.
You won't get cooperation out of a hierarchical system. You get enforced directions from the top, and nothing I know of can run like that.
We all know what we mean by fighting terrorism. In reality, there is total cooperation between the countries north and south of the Mediterranean against terrorism.
Corporations can have no soul but they can love each other.
Tears and complaints - the means which I have called water power - can be an extremely useful weapon for disturbing cooperation and reducing other to a condition of slavery.
Getting along well with other people is still the world's most needed skill. With it. . . there is no limit to what person can do. We need people, we need the cooperation of others. There is very little we can do alone
That's all before the crisis. We always have this kind of cooperation with Iran [Supplies, weaponry].
More humane societies are usually smaller, like the Scandinavian countries and Holland, where it is much easier to reach consensus and cooperation.