Thus you are just not because you give what is owed, but because you do what is appropriate to you as the highest good.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It is not from your own goods that you give to the beggar; it is a portion of his own that you are restoring to him. The Earth belongs to all. So you are paying back a debt and think you are making a gift to which you are not bound.
One day I realized that I wasn't getting anywhere by blaming other people for my circumstances. I finally understood: Even if you feel someone has wronged you or owes you something, no one is going to give you anything for free.
Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.
When people do things for you, it's because they want to - because you, in some way, give them something meaningful that makes them want to please you, not because anyone owes you anything.
Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.
One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay 'in kind' somewhere else in life.
Just because someone will lend money to you doesn't mean you should borrow it.
To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift.
It is better to give then to lend, and it costs about the same.
Even if you feel someone has wronged you or owes you something, no one is going to give you anything for free.