"Obstinacy is will asserting itself without being able to justify itself. It is persistence without a plausible motive. It is the tenacity of self-love substituted for the tenacity of reason or conscience."
Amiel's Journal.
"If any man is able to convince me and show me that I do not think or act right, I will gladly change; for I seek the truth by which no man was ever injured. But he is injured who abides in his error and ignorance."
Marcus Aurelius.
"It is never too late to give up our prejudices."
Thoreau.
"When one's character is naturally firm, it is well to be able to yield upon reflection."
Vauvenargues.
JUNE 7