Quotes About Self-consistency

Or, as Sextus, the ancient Pythagorian philosopher, said, "The wise man is always similar to himself.

Perhaps God gives us a physical body so that every time we change our mind, we won't be someone else.

Self-Consistency One of the first revisions proposed was the self-consistency interpretation of dissonance (Aronson, 1968, 1992). It is based on the idea that situations that evoke dissonance do so because they create inconsistency between the self-concept and a behavior. Because most persons have a positive self-concept, persons are likely to experience dissonance when they behave in a way that they view as incompetent, immoral, or irrational.

For Weber ... autonomy resides not in the formulation of universal laws but in the value-creating activity unconstrained by any criteria - except in Weber's case, by the criterion of self-consistency.

Perhaps God gives us a physical body so that every time we change our mind, we won't be someone else.

It would be better for me ... that multitudes of men should disagree with me rather than that I, being one, should be out of harmony with myself.

I have to stay true to who I am.

I would rather . . . that the whole world should be at odds with me, and oppose me, rather than that I myself should be at odds with myself, and contradict myself.

My personality resembles my designs to a large extent. I'm in sync with myself and I'm transparent, just like my designs.

For those who are interested in learning more about Lecky's work, I recommend securing a copy of his book, Self-Consistency: A Theory of Personality. (Note: This book is now out of print.)