Precept and Practice – SEPTEMBER 13 – Consistence
The development of many a man has been entirely distorted simply because he has felt it incumbent upon him to adhere to an error to which he has once committed himself.
(Goethe)
We have all condemned in the past what we now accept. This recollection should make us hesitate before we voice our protests.
(Frederic W. Burry)
Cicero’s maxim:
‘Change of mind is not in-consistency.’
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From the Introduction to Precept and Practice
The kindly welcome given to my other little books, ‘Being and Doing’ and ‘Character and Conduct,’ must be my excuse for adding another collection of extracts to the number now in circulation.
The quotations are gathered from the books of many earnest thinkers, and deal with Life in all its length and breadth, with ourselves, our characters, our plain unvarnished faults and weaknesses, our often untoward circumstances, and with all that drags us down;- with our purposes, our religion, our love and friendships, and with all that uplifts us;- with our relation to others, our influence and responsibilities, and finally with those stages of our journey which bring us to the Road’s Last Turn and to the Silent Land.
CONSTANCE M. WHISHAW
Suffolk Vicar 