I have discovered motives, my own and everyone else's, to be impenetrable.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker admits that human motives are impossible to fully understand.
- In plain terms
- People's reasons are hard to know.
- What can you take from it?
- Accept that you cannot fully know others.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can you ever know why someone acts?
- How do you judge motives?
Another view
Some motives can be inferred from actions.
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