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“The pleasure a man of honor enjoys in the consciousness of having performed his duty is a reward he pays himself for all his pains.”

Men Pain Enjoy Pleasure Pay Consciousness Duty Honor Rewards

Author:Jean de la Bruyere

“There is sufficient reward in the mere consciousness of a good action.”

Action Consciousness Mere Rewards Sufficient Good Actions

Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero

“That is the real pivot of all bourgeois consciousness in all countries: fear and hate of the instinctive, intuitional, procreativebody in man or woman. But of course this fear and hate had to take on a righteous appearance, so it became moral, said that the instincts, intuitions and all the activities of the procreative body were evil, and promised a reward for their suppression. That is the great clue to bourgeois psychology: the reward business.”

Source: Delphi Complete Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)

“Life has to be in the moment, spontaneous and venerable. There isn't any winning or losing. Life itself, as it flowers in depth and subtlety, is the reward, and it isn't always an easy or fun process. We must learn to see that the issue of happiness is irrelevant. The relevant quest is the expansion of consciousness.”

Moments Winning Fun Easy Process Consciousness Issues Flower Losing Rewards Depth Relevant Quests Expansion Spontaneous Irrelevant Subtlety Win Or Lose

Author:Richard Moss

“The process of schooling does not give birth to human beings - as education should but never will so long as it springs from the collective consciousness of our culture - but instead it teaches us to value abstract rewards at the expense of our autonomy, curiosity, interior lives, and time.”

Source: A Language Older Than Words

“You risked your life, but what else have you ever risked? Have you risked disapproval? Have you ever risked economic security? Have you ever risked a belief? I see nothing particularly courageous about risking one's life. So you lose it, you go to your hero's heaven and everything is milk and honey 'til the end of time. Right? You get your reward and suffer no earthly consequences. That's not courage. Real courage is risking something that might force you to rethink your thoughts and suffer change and stretch consciousness. Real courage is risking one's clichés.”