How much are we willing to let someone take from us, so that we can take what we need from them?
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When reward is at the base of an interpersonal relationship, there’s a feeling that wells up in one that says, “I gave this much, so you should give me that much back.” This is a notion that is quite different from separation of tasks, of course. We must not seek reward, and we must not be tied to it.
Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga • The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
Justice demands that we take from others no more than we are able to give them. But we are not able to weigh up what we are able to do in comparison with what others are able to do for us. And, besides, we could at any moment be deprived of our ability to work and become dependent on what other people can do for us. In that case, to avoid injustice
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Realize that you can’t put out without taking in.