We require routine and tradition. That’s order. Order can become excessive, and that’s not good, but chaos can swamp us, so we drown – and that is also not good. We need to stay on the straight and narrow path.
JORDAN PETERSONThere are so many ways that things can fall apart, or fail to work altogether, and it is always wounded people who are holding it together.
More Jordan Peterson Quotes
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That’s poetic in its malevolence.
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You remember the past not so that it is “accurately recorded,” to say it again, but so that you are prepared for the future.
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That the soul of the individual eternally hungers for the heroism of genuine being.
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One of the problems with being relatively wealthy if you are a parent is that you cannot provide your children with necessity.
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Aristotle defined virtues simply as the ways of behaving that are most conducive to happiness in life.
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Alongside our wish to be free of rules, we all search for structure.
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When existence reveals itself as existentially intolerable, thinking collapses in on itself. In such situations – in the depths—it’s noticing, not thinking, that does the trick.
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We may not exactly be God, but we’re not exactly nothing, either.
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There are some games you don’t get to play unless you are all in.
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Consciousness is a mystery that faces the mystery of potential and transforms it into actuality. We do that with every choice we make. Our choices determine the destiny of the world. By making a choice, you alter the structure of reality.
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And if you think tough men are dangerous, wait until you see what weak men are capable of.
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When you have something to say, silence is a lie.
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When the aristocracy catches a cold, as it is said, the working class dies of pneumonia.
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You can only find out what you actually believe (rather than what you think you believe) by watching how you act.
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You should not overlook the guidelines of your culture. Life is short, and you don’t have time to figure everything out on your own. The wisdom of the past was hard-earned, and your dead ancestors may have something useful to tell you.
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