Verb
consist in (third-person singular simple present consists in, present participle consisting in, simple past and past participle consisted in)
To have the thing mentioned as the only or most important part.
Tolerance consists in respecting other people’s opinions.
Selfishness doesn't consist in a love to yourself, but in a big degree of such love. Aristotle
The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different. Aldous Huxley
Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them. Napoleon Bonaparte
But it is necessary to the happiness of man, that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe. Thomas Paine
The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions. Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Dignity does not consist in a silk dress. American Proverb