"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do." - RALPH WALDO EMERSON, Essays, Self-Reliance

"Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead." - ALDOUS HUXLEY, Do What You Will

"Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind." - W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM, Of Human Bondage

"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)"
- WALT WHITMAN, Leaves of Grass