"If anyone conceives that he is loved by another, and believes that he has given no cause for such love, he will love that other in return."
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"Every action generates a force of energy that returns to us in kind."
"Ever since I discovered that my god given male member was going to give me no peace, I decided to give it no rest in return."
"When the light returns to its source, it takes nothing of what it has illuminated."
"Out of love, No regrets-- Though the goodness Be wasted forever. Out of love, No regrets-- Though the return Be never."
"The living all find death unpleasant; men mourn over it. And yet, what is death, but the unbending of the bow and its return to its case?"
"I can cheat fear today - but won't it return tomorrow? Rather, I must embrace this fear... and find peace in its bosom."
"A person who respects others is respected by others in return. Those who treat others with compassion and concern are protected and supported by others. Our environment is essentially a reflection of ourselves"
"It's a finite and very competitive world. All large aggregations of capital eventually find it hell on earth to grow and thus find a lower rate of return."
"Camden was originally an accident, but I shall never be sorry I was left over in Camden. It has brought me blessed returns."
"I have an intense desire to return to the womb. Anybody's."
"We do not pass twice through the same door Or return to the door through which we did not pass."
"Revolutions spring not from accident, but from necessity. A revolution is a return from the factitious to the real. It takes place because it must."
"If you can't return a favor, pass it on."
"To see how much a company is truly earning on the capital it deploys in its businesses, look beyond EPS to Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)."
"As you move through this life...you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life - and travel - leaves marks on you."
"When liberty returns, I will return."
"What I gave out in the form of words would return to me as experiences."
"To Allah we belong and to Him is our return."
"The people when rightly and fully trusted will return the trust."