It did not seem as if a prop were withdrawn, but rather as if a motive were gone: it was not the… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
In most cases, obviously, soldiers fought because a government drafted them and gave them a rifle. At every point too, we see… — Philip Jenkins Copy Share Image
Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
And all shall be well and/ All manner of thing shall be well/ By the purification of the motive/ In the ground… — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
Learning is not virtue but the means to bring us an acquaintance with it. Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and… — Nathanael Greene Copy Share Image
We are afraid that Heaven is a bribe, and that if we make it our goal we shall no longer be disinterested.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The creative instinct has always been a stronger motive than mere profit to do truly new and revolutionary things. — Phil Karn Copy Share Image
A topic is not interesting enough until it is multi layered. There is no vigor in a motive without many layers. One… — Odd Nerdrum Copy Share Image
In the temple of science are many mansions, and various indeed are they that dwell therein and the motives that have led… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
One of the strongest motives for wishing to work on yourself is the realization that you may die at any moment -… — G. I. Gurdjieff Copy Share Image
The history of all times and nations teaches us that exactly in the naïve, unshakable belief, furnished by religion in active life… — Max Planck Copy Share Image
How working for the wrong motives poisons our creativity and warps our ideas of success and failure. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Within a lot of African-American households, I think, there's an idea that black men don't want to take an active participation in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The ruthless economic exploitation and political oppression of the peasants by the landlord class forced them into numerous uprisings against its rule....… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
The ability to discern the thoughts and motives of your heart (especially when experiencing intense emotion) is an essential skill for the… — Lou Priolo Copy Share Image
I try to be careful with my persuasiveness. When my heart is really behind it, and when I have no ulterior motive,… — Giancarlo Esposito Copy Share Image
It is difficult to find a reputable American historian who will acknowledge the crude fact that a Franklin Roosevelt, say, wanted to… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
If it were true that conservatives were racist, sexist, homophobic, fascist, stupid, inflexible, angry, and self-righteous, shouldn't their arguments be easy to… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
I learned then that practically no one in the world is entirely bad or entirely good, and that motives are often more… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
It must inquire not merely about the circumstances of the time in general, but in particular about the writer's position with regard… — Ferdinand Christian Baur Copy Share Image
The fundamental motive of true teaching is the love that seeks and studies and performs. — Robert Grudin Copy Share Image
This faith in themselves was in the hearts of our ancestors, this faith in themselves was the motive power that pushed them… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
If... deceit is fundamental to animal communication, then there must be strong selection to spot deception and this ought, in turn, to… — Robert Trivers Copy Share Image
