motive, n.All

The Motive is usually but the pretexts for our actions.

Motive is that which alone gives character to the actions of men.

The Motive is a cause experienced from within.

Motive is generally far more complicated than we are apt to suppose. We can very rarely accurately describe the motives of another.

Motive , when taken away, also takes away the sin.

Motive is rarely pure. We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.

Motive is less important to know than it is to know the fictitious and fanciful motives to which men ascribed their conduct. For a man's inner happiness and misery depends on their faith in this or that motive - not by virtue of the actual motives/

Motive is solely that which gives real value to the actions of men. Disinterestedness puts the cap to it.