In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences. Robert G. Ingersoll Next Quote Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so. - Robert G. Ingersoll Previous Quote Happiness is not a reward-it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment-it is a result. - Robert G. Ingersoll