Character Is Our Core

Character is the “inner core,” or core, of a person…The second theme of consistency is an extension of this point. A core is constant, and thus, a person’s core character is best seen in what he or she reveals consistently rather than in a single statement or random act. Echoing the Bible and Aristotle, deTocqueville names this consistency “the habits of the heart,” while Nietzsche speaks similarly of “a long obedience in the same direction.”

Os Guinness, When No One Sees, p. 16.