“The desire of reward is one of the strongest incentives of human conduct; ... the best security for the fidelity of mankind is to make their interest coincide with their duty.” HumansDesireMotivationInterestMankindSecurityDutyRewardsStrongestIncentivesFidelityRuling Passion Book:The Federalist Papers: A Collection of Essays Written in Favour of the New Constitution Source: The Federalist Papers: A Collection of Essays Written in Favour of the New Constitution
“I desire now to make no more pleas with Christ; verily, he hath not put me to a loss by what I suffer; he oweth me nothing; for in my bonds, how sweet and comfortable have the thoughts of him been to me, wherein I find a sufficient recompense of reward!.” DesireSufferingChristLossSweetComfortableRewardsSufficientRecompense Book:Letters Source: Letters
“A thoroughly socialized person is one who desires only the rewards that others around him have agreed he should long for - rewards often grafted onto genetically programmed desires.A person who cannot override genetic instructions when necessary is always vulnerable..The solution is to gradually become free of societal rewards and learn how to substitute for them rewards that are under one's own powers.” ShouldPersonsLongDesireSolutionsRewardsVulnerableSubstitutesInstruction Author:Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi