Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be: why then should we desire to be deceived?
Joseph ButlerThe satisfaction that accompanies good acts is itself not the motivation of the act; satisfaction is not the motive, but only the consequence.
Joseph ButlerThere is a much more exact correspondence between the natural and moral world than we are apt to take notice of.
Joseph ButlerLove of our neighbour, then, has just the same respect to, is no more distant from, self-love, than hatred of our neighbour, or than love or hatred of anything else.
Joseph Butler