Title Of the Inconsistency of Our Actions

Author Michel de Montaigne

Kind of Book essay

How strongly I recommend it 9/10 

My Impressions Short and sweet and well worth the read.

Practical Takeaways

• Make plans that allow you to change your plans-Publilius Syrus

• Refuse to judge others simply by their actions. Probe the inside and discover what makes them tick

Big Ideas

• Our actions often contradict one another

• We tend to see people as being one way and then twist all their actions to fit that image (even when the actions are inconsistent with that characteristic)

Our actions our inconsistent with one another (ie. We are not one consistent person)

• We contain Multitudes and contradictions

• No one maps out a plan for their entire life. We think about our life plans a little bit at a time

• There is as much difference between us and ourselves as between us and others.