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.
JORDAN PETERSONBegin by treating yourself as if you were someone you were responsible for helping.
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In Paradise, everyone speaks the truth. That is what makes it Paradise. Tell the truth. Or, at least, don’t lie.
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You don’t get to choose not to pay a price, you only get to choose which price you pay.
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If you fulfill your obligations every day you don’t need to worry about the future.
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Life is indistinguishable from effortful maintenance.
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You’re not perfect just the way you are. You could be better!
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Untruth corrupts the soul and the state alike, and one form of corruption feeds the other.
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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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If you don’t say what you think then you kill your unborn self.
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Nietzsche said that a man’s worth was determined by how much truth he could tolerate.
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Assume that the person you are listening to might know something you don’t.
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You’re going to pay a price for every bloody thing you do and everything you don’t do. You don’t get to choose to not pay a price. You get to choose which poison you’re going to take. That’s it.
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When the aristocracy catches a cold, as it is said, the working class dies of pneumonia.
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Thus, you should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
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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. You simply don’t know what you believe, before that. You are too complex to understand yourself.
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Who cares if you are the prime minister of Canada when someone else is the president of the United States?
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