There's no way to know the motives of another person totally, even a person that you know very well.
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The beginning of self-knowledge: recognizing that your motives are the same as other people's.
When you're a woman with a certain amount of fame and money, you are never certain what someone's motives are.
Actions are visible, though motives are secret.
I want my books to explore motives which make people think, 'Wow! Imagine the psychological state you'd have to be in for that to be your motive!' Whereas things like blackmail, jealousy - they're rational reasons for committing murder.
People have motives and thoughts of which they are unaware.
People instinctively know the difference between something done with a profit motive and something done with a love motive.
It is a question of fact, whether the influence of motives be fixed by laws of nature, so that they shall always have the same effect in the same circumstances.
What we believe to be the motives of our conduct are usually but the pretexts for it.
We have relationships and know the exact outcome with that person because we don't deal with ourselves and don't deal with our issues and end up being attracted to the same person or the person is attracted to our energy.
It's important to know what motivates you, not what motivates somebody else.
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