“The reward is in doing, but doing without expecting anything...doing unselfishly.”

“Father monks, why do you fast! Why do you expect reward in heaven for that?...No, saintly monk, you try being virtuous in the world, do good to society, without shutting yourself up in a monastery at other people's expense, and without expecting a reward up aloft for it--you'll find that a bit harder.”

“When we can do nothing else, we can still love, without expecting any reward or change or gratitude.”

“But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked” (Luke 6:35).”

“If you do good because you expect to be rewarded, it is greed.”

“Do the very best you can, and then move on. Don't expect anything, because you never know where, when, or how your reward will come. Just know it will.”