Unknown Motives Quotes

I have a hunch the most important reason we're going to space is not known now.

All who know their own minds know not their own hearts.

Why do I act as I do? To tell you the truth, I have absolutely no idea why. It is simply my nature to act as I act, and that's all I can say.

It must be quite mysterious to some people why I bother to carry on. Because, you know, I don't sell that many records.

Everyone who comes within the reach of your knowledge is, as it were, on trial in your mind. It is easy to be an unjust, ignorant, and even a merciless judge. The real character of the actions of others depends in great measure on the motives that prompt them, and these motives are unknown to you.

The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one's own.

History is opaque. You see what comes out, not the script that produces events, ... The generator of historical events is different from the events themselves, much as the minds of the gods cannot be read just by witnessing their deeds.

Characters can be mysterious and you're not really sure which way they might turn at a given point.

I think that's the real horror story for me, how little you can ever really know about your own motivations. How in the dark we all are about the concerns and the contents of our minds.

You never know where someone else is coming from. Even within best friendships or within mother- daughter relationships, you never fully know what's behind someone's eyes.

We are very far from always knowing our own wishes.

We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.