He who labors ought to perform his task not for the purpose of ministering to his own needs but that he may accomplish the Lord's command, 'I was hungry and you gave me [something] to eat,' and so on…Everyone, therefore, in doing his work, should place before himself the aim of service to the needy and not his own satisfaction.

Basil the Great, Greek theologian, one of the Cappadocian Fathers (c.329–379)