"The central feature of their educational philosophy, as Helmreich notes, was 'the idea of Torah lishmo—study for its own sake or, more precisely, for a higher spiritual purpose. . . . The guiding motive was to attain knowledge as an end in itself, not spiritual ecstasy or the acquisition of practical skills.'" (source)

"If everything a person does is motivated by some purpose, how can anything truly be lishmo?" (source)