If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
Published on October 22, 2015 , under Quotes
Love It 0Earliest published reference found is the 2003 book Nuggest of Wisdom from the Effendi, page: 81.
Similar Quote: What a miserable creature man would be if he were good not for the sake of being good, but because religion told him that he would get a reward after this life, and that if he weren’t good he’d be punished.
This quote is from an 1948 interview recorded in Einstein and the Poet
