Goodwill - being nice to people does not have a tangible reward - you don't get anything physical out of it.

Hello Antonella: I think there is a typographical error or misspelling. "Goodwill" or benevolence generally is the subject of the statement I think. Basically, the statement expresses cynicism, and it proposes that being kind or friendly is "useless" or a wasted of effort. It is a Machiavellian approach to life, which proposes that Means----Justify----The----Ends. It proposes a Nihilistic approach to life, in which it is regarded as reasonable that every person is justified in being entirely selfish and self-centered. The idea of caring for others or in such ideas as The---Brotherhood---of---Man is dismissed. Of course, nobody whines and complains more about "abuses" by other persons than the cynics who have adopted this "robotic" approach to their understanding of the human experience.