"We must not inquire too curiously into motives…. they are apt to become feeble in the utterance: the aroma is mixed w…"

"I believe with Schopenhauer that one of the strongest motives that leads men to art and science is to escape from eve…"

"Motivation is a battle for the heart, not just an appeal to the mind. Passion is always an expression of the soul."

"There are two things people want more than sex and money . . . i.e recognition and praise."

"In the eye of that Supreme Being to whom our whole internal frame is uncovered, dispositions hold the place of actions."

"Dreadful will be the day when the world becomes contented, when one great universal satisfaction spreads itself over …"

"Bhikkhus, the lazy person dwells in suffering, soiled by evil unwholesome states, and great is the personal good that…"

"See a person's means … Observe his motives. Examine that in which he rests. How can a person conceal his character?"

"In general, we do well to let an opponent's motives alone. We are seldom just to them. Our own motives on such occasi…"

"There is a desire deep within the soul which drives man from the seen to the unseen, to philosophy and to the divine."