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The mere absorption of facts and truths is so exclusively an individual affair that it tends very naturally to pass into selfishness. There is no… — John Dewey
The more one sees of human fate and the more one examines its secret springs of action, the more one is impressed by the strength… — Carl Jung
The experience of the past lives little doubt that every economic system must sooner or later rely upon some form of the profit motive to… — Will Durant
From a moral point of view, there is no excuse for terrorist acts, regardless of the motive or the situation under which they are carried… — Jurgen Habermas
People ask me: ‘What is punk? How do you define punk?' Here's how I define punk: It's a free space. It could be called jazz.… — Ian MacKaye
Moving parts in rubbing contact require lubrication to avoid excessive wear. Honorifics and formal politeness provide lubrication where people rub together. Often the very young,… — Robert A. Heinlein
If tempted by something that feels 'altruistic,' examine your motives and root out that self-deception. Then, if you still want to do it, wallow in… — Robert A. Heinlein
I always thought it hadn't influenced me very much, but I heard from many people from England that many motives from German fairytales are to… — Cornelia Funke
One cannot live without motives. I have no motives left, and I am living. — Emile M. Cioran
Trust is a function of two things: character and competence. Character includes your integrity, your motive and your intent with people. Competence includes your capabilities,… — Stephen Covey
Vanity is so frequently the apparent motive of advice that we, for the most part, summon our powers to oppose it without very accurate inquiry… — Samuel Johnson
Aside from higher considerations, charity often operates as a vastly wise and prudent principle-a great safeguard to its possessor. Men have committed murder for jealousy's… — Herman Melville
I have rightfully no other business each day but to do God's work as a servant, constantly regarding His pleasure. May I have grace to… — Henry Martyn
I'm realising my dream of owning a top football club. Some will doubt my motives, others will think I'm crazy. — Roman Abramovich
Civilization has little to fear from educated people and brain-workers. In them the replacement of religious motives for civilized behaviors by other, secular motives, would… — Sigmund Freud
Obstinacy is will asserting itself without being able to justify itself. It is persistence without a reasonable motive. It is the tenacity of self-love substituted… — Henri Frederic Amiel
The first expression of religion was the dance, and the first motive of the dance was religion. — La Meri
The motive is this, 'Oh! that God could be glorified, that Jesus might see the reward of his sufferings! Oh! that sinners might be saved,… — Charles Spurgeon
The satisfaction that accompanies good acts is itself not the motivation of the act; satisfaction is not the motive, but only the consequence. — Joseph Butler
The main motive for nonattachment is a desire to escape from the pain of living, and above all from love, which, sexual or non-sexual, is… — George Orwell
One interesting thing about greed is that although the underlying motive is to seek satisfaction, the irony is that even after obtaining the object of… — Dalai Lama
Man's responsibility, then, is to choose his destination; the motive power to bring him there is furnished by the Infinite. — Neville Goddard
The war against Iraq is as disastrous as it is unnecessary; perhaps in terms of its wisdom, purpose and motives, the worst war in American… — William Sloane Coffin
Never judge a man's actions until you know his motives — Vikas Swarup
The problem isn't that conservatives are wrong about the efficiency of markets or the creativity of enterprise. It's that they have made false idols of… — Joe Conason

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