quotations about cooperation
Only when all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.
CHINESE PROVERB
Cooperation can evolve when two basic conditions are fulfilled. First, the benefits of the common action must be shared sooner or later between the participants, and second, the benefits to the participants must exceed the costs of the common action. However, cooperation can be rather unstable, as it is very susceptible to cheaters, individuals that are not investing in the cooperative task, but are nonetheless trying to gain access to the benefits. The greater the extent of cheating, the less likely cooperation is to occur.
CHRISTOPHER BOESCH
HEDWIGE BOESCH & LINDA VIGILANT, "Cooperative Hunting in Chimpanzees: Kinship or Mutualism?"
When times are tough and people are frustrated and angry and hurting and uncertain, the politics of constant conflict may be good, but what is good politics does not necessarily work in the real world. What works in the real world is cooperation.
BILL CLINTON
speech at Democratic National Convention, Sep. 5, 2012
The fundamental role of cooperation is, for example, evident in hunter-gatherer societies, where the prevalence of food-sharing combined with a sexual division of labor is the basis of the economic system.
CHRISTOPHE BOESCH
"Cooperative hunting in chimpanzees: kinship or mutualism?", Cooperation in Primates and Humans: Mechanisms and Evolution
An individual can't create anything itself. All of our dreams come true with the cooperation and co-creation of other souls.
HINA HASHMI
Your Life: A Practical Guide to Happiness, Peace, and Fulfillment
Treating others with concern, respect, and cooperation makes an important contribution to leading a flourishing life.
GARRETT CULLITY
Concern, Respect, and Cooperation