“You stand for what is right, Lina, without the expectation of gratitude or reward.”
“When we can do nothing else, we can still love, without expecting any reward or change or gratitude.”
“Because gratitude is the key to happiness, anything that undermines gratitude must undermine happiness. And nothing undermines gratitude as much as expectations. There is an inverse relationship between expectations and gratitude: The more expectations you have, the less gratitude you will have.”
“Those who perform acts of kindness without expectation of reward receive the greatest reward of all, immortality”
“The reward is in doing, but doing without expecting anything...doing unselfishly.”
“Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead.”