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Getting down to the nitty-gritty, most people are motivated by unconscious motives most of the time. — Unknown Author
The butterfly's attractiveness derives not only from colors and symmetry: deeper motives contribute to it. We would not think them so beautiful if they did… — Primo Levi
A man must learn to understand the motives of human beings, their illusions, and their sufferings. — Albert Einstein
I do not think one can assess a writer's motives without knowing something of his early development. His subject matter will be determined by the… — George Orwell
All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives lies a mystery. — George Orwell
However much I may sympathise with and admire worthy motives, I am an uncompromising opponent of violent methods even to serve the noblest of causes. — Mahatma Gandhi
The main propoganda trick of supporters of the allegedly "progressive" policy of government control is to blame capitalism for all that is unsatisfactory in present-day… — Ludwig von Mises
The probability that we face global warming caused by fossil fuels is now so overwhelming that it is legitimate to doubt the motives of those… — Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell
Four things a man must learn to do If he would make his record true; To think without confusion clearly; To love his fellowmen sincerely;… — Henry Van Dyke
I am unable to conceive that the state legislatures which must feel so many motives to watch, and which possess so many means of counteracting… — James Madison
This policy of supplying by opposite and rival interests, the defect of better motives, might be traced through the whole system of human affairs, both… — James Madison
Those who know the truth are not equal to those who love it Confucius All truth is safe and nothing else is safe, but he… — James Russell Lowell
Whatever may be the judgement pronounced on the competency of the architects of the Constitution, or whatever may be the destiny of the edifice prepared… — James Madison
The majority of men cannot be made disinterested for life by exhortation, by religious services, by any expenditure of subsidized works, or even by grave… — Herbert Croly
We can only write well about our sins because it is too difficult to recall a virtuous act or even whether it was the result… — Edward Dahlberg
The true liberty of the press is amply secured by permitting every man to publish his opinion; but it is due to the peace and… — Thomas McKean
[T]he great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department consists in giving to those who administer each department the… — James Madison
To act intelligently in human affairs is only possible if an attempt is made to understand the thoughts, motives, and apprehension of one's opponent so… — Albert Einstein
I always have a high regard for the individual and have an insuperable distaste for violence and clubmanship. All these motives made me into a… — Albert Einstein
If it were true that conservatives were racist, sexist, homophobic, fascist, stupid, inflexible, angry, and self-righteous, shouldn't their arguments be easy to deconstruct? Someone who… — Ann Coulter
We must not inquire too curiously into motives. they are apt to become feeble in the utterance: the aroma is mixed with the grosser air.… — George Eliot
It is so far from being natural for a man and woman to live in a state of marriage, that we find all the motives… — Samuel Johnson
Neither fear nor self-interest can convert the soul. They may change the appearance, perhaps even the conduct, but never the object of supreme desire... Fear… — Bernard of Clairvaux
You can wipe your feet on me, twist my motives around all you like, you can dump millstones on my head and drown me in… — Margaret Atwood
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

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