“Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.”

“So, whenever you find yourself putting forth great effort without success, you're trying to force something that won't fit under the circumstances. That's a destructive waste of time. And if that isn't enough to keep in mind, your techniques must always be allowed to evolve and change, in relationships, in life, in science, in society. Otherwise you stagnate, and you won't get anywhere in the long run... You know what the philosopher Aldous Huxley said? He said 'Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.”

“Miracles are not contrary to nature but only contrary to what we know about nature.”

“...it is contrary to reason and experience to suppose that there can be any real check to brutality, consistent with leaving the victim still in the power of the executioner.”

“The only truly consistent are the dead.”

“The only way to be completely self-consistent is to be constantly uttering paradoxes.”