making of the universe: desires and bonds

2/14/18

“Action is prompted by desire; an act is done not for the sake of doing the act, but for the sake of obtaining by the act something that is desired, of acquiring its results, or, as it is technically called, of enjoying its fruit.

Men work, not because they want to dig, or build , or weave, but because they want the fruits of digging, building, and weaving, in the shape of money or of goods.

A barrister pleads, not because he wants to set forth the dry details of a case, but because he wants wealth, fame, and rank.

Men around us on every side are laboring for something, and the spur to their activity lies in the fruit it brings them and not in the labor.

Desire for the fruit of action moves them to activity, and enjoyment of that fruit rewards their exertions.”

 

Annie Besant