to take or to give

(Quoted from Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov):
"Daily life for humans is a continual movement to and fro between
the inner and the outer: they're either leaving for work, going
shopping or meeting someone, or they're coming back home again.
If you were to interpret these comings and goings, you could say
people leave the centre (their home) and go towards the periphery
(their occupations and so on), and then they leave the periphery
and return to the centre. Their motives for going out are of two
kinds: either to take, earn or pilfer, or else to give, help and
be useful.
The motives that humans have for leaving the house and going
about their business fall into one of two categories. The
thousands of possible nuances can always be summarized by the
words 'to take' or 'to give'."