Kindness without the promise of profit is an...

Feb

Kindness without the promise of profit is an impossibility. It is a physical impossibility. You must want something if you are to act. Otherwise, it would be like movement without motivation. Reaction without action. Kinesis without stimulation. Motion without energy. Kindness without profit is like a teapot hovering over a table, held by nothing.

— The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Vol. I (via labyrinth-without-edge)

(Source: legendofaconsultinghoneybadger)