C. S. Lewis Rewards Quotations

And he writhed inside at what seemed the cruelty and unfairness of the demand. He had not yet learned that if you do one good deed your reward usually is to do another and harder and better one.

if you do one good deed your reward usually is to be set to do another and harder and better one.

The proper rewards are not simply tacked on to the activity for which they are given, but are the activity itself in consummation.