re: #376 DisturbedEma

There is also the question of motivation; is it somehow more noble to do good works, mitzvahs and the like when you are Jewish (like me) without a conceptual heaven? Is it virtuous to practice benevolence because you fear hell? Or selfish…

Pirkei Avot 1:3

Antignos of Socho received the tradition from Shimon the Righteous. He would say: Do not be as servants, who serve their master for the sake of reward. Rather, be as servants who serve their master not for the sake of reward [but for the deed itself]. And the fear of Heaven should be upon you.