Real Motives

No person can know his own inner motives.


He may be kind because kindness brings him pleasure.


He may be wise because wisdom is music to his soul.


He may become a martyr burned in fire because his nature is to defy, his nature is to be fire.


When can you know that your motives are sincere? Only when it is not within your nature to do this thing.


And how do you know that it is not within your nature? Only when you travel two opposite paths at once.


T. Freeman