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Motives Quotes

People do misinterpret events, especially the meaning of other people’s actions and the motives that lead people to act one way or another Picture Quote #1

I had motives for not wanting the world to have meaning; consequently assumed that it had none, and was able without any difficulty to find satisfying reasons for this assumption... For myself, as no doubt, for most of my contemporaries, the philosophy of meaninglessness was essentially an instrument of liberation. The liberation we desired was simultaneous liberation from a certain political and economic system, and liberation from a certain system of morality. We objected to the morality because it interfered with our sexual freedom Picture Quote #1

I well remember it being said to me by an occultist of great experience that two things are necessary for safety in occultism, right motives and right associates Picture Quote #1

It is hard to work for years with pure motives, and all the time be looked upon by most of those to whom our lives are devoted as having some sinister object in view Picture Quote #1

The systematic study of mass psychology revealed to students the potentialities of invisible government of society by manipulation of the motives which actuate man in the group Picture Quote #1

The greatest cause of evil included all human motives in one giant paradox. Good and bad were so inextricably mixed that we couldn’t make them out; bad seemed to lead to good, and good motives led to bad. The paradox is that evil comes from man’s urge to heroic victory over evil Picture Quote #1

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If you are thinking of nything with dependence upon it, there is a motive of curiosity, or pleasure, or success, and though the thinking will help towards satisfaction you will still be in bondage. There is no harm in this, but the higher samadhi, without such motives, is best Picture Quote #1

Secrecy can spring from the best motives; but as it grows it begins to exist only for itself, only for its own sake, only to cover its own abuses Picture Quote #1

If you are not as happy as you used to be, chances are you are not meditating properly. You may be trying to skip steps. You are using power incorrectly. Your motives are not pure. You don’t vibrate quickly Picture Quote #1

If your motives are high and noble and your work is hard and you do a good job, then whatever the task is in your life, it will benefit you Picture Quote #1

Watchfulness is the only guard against cunning. Be intent on his intentions. Many succeed in making others do their own affairs, and unless you possess the key to their motives you may at any moment be forced to take their chestnuts out of the fire to the damage of your own fingers Picture Quote #1

This is the constitutional limitation of man’s knowledge and interests, the fact that he cannot know more than a tiny part of the whole of society and that therefore all that can enter into his motives are the immediate effects which his actions will have in the sphere he knows Picture Quote #1

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The greater part of our daily actions are the result of hidden motives which escape our observation Picture Quote #1

Even if people are suspicious of the motives I think that learning and speaking two languages can only be a good thing for people Picture Quote #1

With constant practice, one can improve his physical body and mental attitude rapidly, thereby igniting the higher motives of making one’s self useful to himself and all mankind Picture Quote #1

Your life will be joyful and complete when you have a pure heart and your motives are unsullied Picture Quote #1

Be fair. Don’t present your version of the truth to others. Lose your ulterior motives! Be accurate and pure in your presentation of the way, and you will become the way Picture Quote #1

The psychic does not have much to do with channeling. All you are doing is getting information from a source that may or may not be accurate and may or may not have underlying motives Picture Quote #1

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Practically everything I did as an experiment while I was working on the book made me feel cold, angry, and decidedly peculiar. Clinical. Because I wasn’t acting from the motives people usually work from: to feel good, to have fun, to make something last Picture Quote #1

Criticism discloses that which it would fain conceal, but conceals that which it professes to disclose; it is therefore, read by the discerning, not to discover the merits of an author, but the motives of his critic Picture Quote #1

The fear of punishment may be necessary to the suppression of vice; but it also suspends the finer motives of virtue Picture Quote #1

Actions whose motives he cannot understand that is, actions not prompted by the hope of profit Picture Quote #1

There are not anywhere else so many ways of trickery, so many false lights, so many veils, so many guises, so many illusive deceits, as are practiced in every man’s conscience in respect to his motives, thoughts, feelings, conduct, and character Picture Quote #1

In the rare cases where it occurs, a failure to increase one’s visible consumption when the means for an increase are at hand is felt in popular apprehension to call for explanation, and unworthy motives of miserliness are imputed Picture Quote #1

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What time can be more beautiful when the one in which the finest virtues, innocent cheerfulness and indefinable longing for love constitute the sole motives of your life Picture Quote #1

A common fallacy: to imagine a measure will be easy because we have private motives for desiring it Picture Quote #1

If you want to create art, you’d best have a deep belief in yourself and no ulterior motives Picture Quote #1

To every man in the world there is one person of whom he knows little: whom he would never recognize if he met him walking down the street, whose motives are a mystery to him. That is himself Picture Quote #1

We make a great fuss about national conscience, but it consists mainly in insisting upon everyone ascribing our national policy to highly moral motives, rather than in examining what our motives really are Picture Quote #1

Children are not created fully equipped with such values as courage, compassion, integrity, and insights into the motives and needs of themselves and of others Picture Quote #1

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People do misinterpret events, especially the meaning of other people’s actions and the motives that lead people to act one way or another (Motives Quotes) I had motives for not wanting the world to have meaning; consequently assumed that it had none, and was able without any difficulty to find satisfying reasons for this assumption... For myself, as no doubt, for most of my contemporaries, the philosophy of meaninglessness was essentially an instrument of liberation. The liberation we desired was simultaneous liberation from a certain political and economic system, and liberation from a certain system of morality. We objected to the morality because it interfered with our sexual freedom (Motives Quotes) I well remember it being said to me by an occultist of great experience that two things are necessary for safety in occultism, right motives and right associates (Motives Quotes) It is hard to work for years with pure motives, and all the time be looked upon by most of those to whom our lives are devoted as having some sinister object in view (Motives Quotes) The systematic study of mass psychology revealed to students the potentialities of invisible government of society by manipulation of the motives which actuate man in the group (Motives Quotes) The greatest cause of evil included all human motives in one giant paradox. Good and bad were so inextricably mixed that we couldn’t make them out; bad seemed to lead to good, and good motives led to bad. The paradox is that evil comes from man’s urge to heroic victory over evil (Motives Quotes) If you are thinking of nything with dependence upon it, there is a motive of curiosity, or pleasure, or success, and though the thinking will help towards satisfaction you will still be in bondage. There is no harm in this, but the higher samadhi, without such motives, is best (Motives Quotes) Secrecy can spring from the best motives; but as it grows it begins to exist only for itself, only for its own sake, only to cover its own abuses (Motives Quotes) If you are not as happy as you used to be, chances are you are not meditating properly. You may be trying to skip steps. You are using power incorrectly. Your motives are not pure. You don’t vibrate quickly (Motives Quotes) If your motives are high and noble and your work is hard and you do a good job, then whatever the task is in your life, it will benefit you (Motives Quotes) Watchfulness is the only guard against cunning. Be intent on his intentions. Many succeed in making others do their own affairs, and unless you possess the key to their motives you may at any moment be forced to take their chestnuts out of the fire to the damage of your own fingers (Motives Quotes) This is the constitutional limitation of man’s knowledge and interests, the fact that he cannot know more than a tiny part of the whole of society and that therefore all that can enter into his motives are the immediate effects which his actions will have in the sphere he knows (Motives Quotes) The greater part of our daily actions are the result of hidden motives which escape our observation (Motives Quotes) Even if people are suspicious of the motives I think that learning and speaking two languages can only be a good thing for people (Motives Quotes) With constant practice, one can improve his physical body and mental attitude rapidly, thereby igniting the higher motives of making one’s self useful to himself and all mankind (Motives Quotes) Your life will be joyful and complete when you have a pure heart and your motives are unsullied (Motives Quotes) Be fair. Don’t present your version of the truth to others. Lose your ulterior motives! Be accurate and pure in your presentation of the way, and you will become the way (Motives Quotes) The psychic does not have much to do with channeling. All you are doing is getting information from a source that may or may not be accurate and may or may not have underlying motives (Motives Quotes) Practically everything I did as an experiment while I was working on the book made me feel cold, angry, and decidedly peculiar. Clinical. Because I wasn’t acting from the motives people usually work from: to feel good, to have fun, to make something last (Motives Quotes) Criticism discloses that which it would fain conceal, but conceals that which it professes to disclose; it is therefore, read by the discerning, not to discover the merits of an author, but the motives of his critic (Motives Quotes) The fear of punishment may be necessary to the suppression of vice; but it also suspends the finer motives of virtue (Motives Quotes) Actions whose motives he cannot understand that is, actions not prompted by the hope of profit (Motives Quotes) There are not anywhere else so many ways of trickery, so many false lights, so many veils, so many guises, so many illusive deceits, as are practiced in every man’s conscience in respect to his motives, thoughts, feelings, conduct, and character (Motives Quotes) In the rare cases where it occurs, a failure to increase one’s visible consumption when the means for an increase are at hand is felt in popular apprehension to call for explanation, and unworthy motives of miserliness are imputed (Motives Quotes) What time can be more beautiful when the one in which the finest virtues, innocent cheerfulness and indefinable longing for love constitute the sole motives of your life (Motives Quotes) A common fallacy: to imagine a measure will be easy because we have private motives for desiring it (Motives Quotes) If you want to create art, you’d best have a deep belief in yourself and no ulterior motives (Motives Quotes) To every man in the world there is one person of whom he knows little: whom he would never recognize if he met him walking down the street, whose motives are a mystery to him. That is himself (Motives Quotes) We make a great fuss about national conscience, but it consists mainly in insisting upon everyone ascribing our national policy to highly moral motives, rather than in examining what our motives really are (Motives Quotes) Children are not created fully equipped with such values as courage, compassion, integrity, and insights into the motives and needs of themselves and of others (Motives Quotes)

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