If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then what a sorry lot we be.

How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise and of good will

Behaving morally because of a hope of reward or a fear of punishment is not morality. Morality is not bribery or threats. Religion is bribery and threats. Humans have morality. We don't need religion.

I watch him go, and wonder if being good isn't its own punishment as much as it's supposed to be its own reward.

I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil.