Don’t ever underestimate the destructive power of sins of omission.
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.
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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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If society is corrupt, but not the individuals within it, then where did the corruption originate? How is it propagated? It’s a one-sided, deeply ideological theory.
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It’s the chattering buzz of ideologically possessed demons.
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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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If a child has not been taught to behave properly by the age of four, it will forever be difficult for him or her to make friends.
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To suffer terribly and to know yourself as the cause: that is Hell.
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So, listen, to yourself and to those with whom you are speaking. Your wisdom then consists not of the knowledge you already have, but the continual search for knowledge, which is the highest form of wisdom.
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Untruth corrupts the soul and the state alike, and one form of corruption feeds the other.
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See the truth. Tell the truth.
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Beauty shames the ugly. Strength shames the weak. Death shames the living – and the Ideal shames us all.
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There’s a worthy and noble ambition: strength in the face of adversity. That is very different from the wish for a life free of trouble.
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Ideologies are substitutes for true knowledge, and ideologues are always dangerous when they come to power, because a simple-minded I-know-it-all approach is no match for the complexity of existence.
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If you betray yourself, if you say untrue things, if you act out a lie, you weaken your character.
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You cannot be protected from the things that frighten you and hurt you, but if you identify with the part of your being that is responsible for transformation, then you are always the equal, or more than the equal of the things that frighten you.
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Much of happiness is hope, no matter how deep the underworld in which that hope was conceived.
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There’s some real utility in gratitude. It’s also good protection against the dangers of victimhood and resentment.
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If you cannot understand why someone did something, look at the consequences – and infer the motivation.
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You must determine where you are going in your life, because you cannot get there unless you move in that direction.
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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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What you aim at determines what you see.
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Every bit of learning is a little death. Every bit of new information challenges a previous conception, forcing it to dissolve into chaos before it can be reborn as something better. Sometimes such deaths virtually destroy us.
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If you fulfill your obligations every day you don’t need to worry about the future.
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It’s appropriate and praiseworthy to associate with people whose lives would be improved if they saw your life improve.
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You should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
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The better ambitions have to do with the development of character and ability, rather than status and power. The status you can lose. You carry character with you wherever you go, and it allows you to prevail against adversity.
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Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street.
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