Consistency

"Sometimes it is not the effort of the hard, cognitive work that makes us shirk throughtful activity, but the harsh consequences of that activity. Someitmes is is the cursedly clear and unwelcome set of answers provided by stright thinking that makes us mental slackers. there are certain disturbing things we simply would rather not realize. Because it is a preprogrammed and mindless mehtod of responding, automatic consistency can supply a safe hiding place from those troubling realizations. Sealed within the fortress walls ofrigid consistency, we can be impervious to the seiges of reason."

Ok; I've been reading "Influence - the psychology of persuasoin" and I found the above quote. (page 61)

What a powerfull and strikingly true thing to say.