Mutual Participation Quotes

We want to be two-way players; that's the best thing.

If we commit ourselves to one person for life, this is not, as many people think, a rejection of freedom; rather, it demands the courage to move into all the risks of freedom, and the risk of love which is permanent; into that love which is not possession but participation.

If you accept such love with purity and humility, you will understand that Love is neither giving nor receiving -it is participating.

One of the reasons we're here is to be a part of this process of exchange.

Women participate equally with men in the priesthood of all believers

It's so much fun to interact together.

Most people are participating in the grand adventure of living with one another.

Today I will stop trying to control my relationships. I will participate at a reasonable level and let the other person do the same. I can let go, knowing that the relationship will find its own life-or not-and that I don't have to do all the work, only my share.

What concerns everyone can only be resolved by everyone.

it’s no longer doing things to people. It’s not even doing things for people. It’s doing things with people.

I like trying to create a spark through a collaboration between me and the audience.

I try to photograph people's spirits and thoughts. As to the soul-taking by the photographer, I don't feel I take away, but rather that the sitter and I give to each other. It becomes an act of mutual participation.

An interview is only as good as both parties are willing to give to the interview and that includes the interviewer.

Never talk for half a minute without pausing and giving others a chance to join in.

I've learned that you can call it a band, but unless everyone is contributing, it's not, really. It's pretending that it's a band.

The stories we tell about each other matter very much. The stories we tell ourselves about our own lives matter. And most of all, I think the way that we participate in each other's stories is of deep importance.

Only a peace between equals can last. Only a peace the very principle of which is equality and a common participation in a common benefit.

It takes two to tango; when I go, you go.

It's pretty much run by everybody. We're very involved in everything that goes on. We always have been.

It gets you nowhere if the other person's tail is only just in sight for the second half of the conversation.