Motives Quote by Mason Cooley

I pulled myself up and told myself to stop these ridiculous thoughts, wondering why it is that we can never stop trying to analyse…

— Barbara Pym

It is one of the perceptual defects of Western government and press to assign Western-style motives to what people do in non-Western societies, as…

— William Pfaff

I sort of assume everyone has ulterior motives. People aren't necessarily like that, but I'm a paranoid person.

— Alex G

Self knowledge is the beginning of self improvement.

— Baltasar Gracian

“Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-correction.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

Everything pertaining to what's happening has never come to the surface. The world will never know the true facts of what occurred, my motives.…

— Jack Ruby

“People don't like to think of themselves as sinful. They don't want to believe that they are selfish, evil people who would act much…

— Douglas Beaumont

I think it's a waste of time to worry about the motives of why people are supportive of things. I think we should look…

— Lawrence Weiner

Self-deception is a defining part of our human nature. By recognizing its various forms in ourselves and reflecting upon them, we may be able…

— Neel Burton

“Recognizing who you are is not the subtext of a life. It's the main point.”

— Kiana Davenport

The Shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort.…

— Carl Jung

I keep renaming my motives, but continue doing the same things.

— Mason Cooley