Order is not enough. You can’t just be stable, and secure, and unchanging, because there are still vital and important new things to be learned.
JORDAN PETERSONOrder is not enough. You can’t just be stable, and secure, and unchanging, because there are still vital and important new things to be learned.
JORDAN PETERSONYou should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
JORDAN PETERSONIt is far better to render beings in your care competent than to protect them.
JORDAN PETERSONPeople organize their brains with conversation. If they don’t have anyone to tell their story to, they lose their minds. Like hoarders, they cannot unclutter themselves.
JORDAN PETERSONIf you are not willing to be a fool, you can’t become a master.
JORDAN PETERSONNietzsche said that a man’s worth was determined by how much truth he could tolerate.
JORDAN PETERSONIt’s a luxury to pursue what makes you happy; it’s a moral obligation to pursue what you find meaningful.
JORDAN PETERSONIn Paradise, everyone speaks the truth. That is what makes it Paradise. Tell the truth. Or, at least, don’t lie.
JORDAN PETERSONYou 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.
JORDAN PETERSONWhen you have something to say, silence is a lie.
JORDAN PETERSONWe 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 PETERSONExperience is the best teacher, and the worst experiences teach the best lessons.
JORDAN PETERSONThere’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.
JORDAN PETERSONStop saying those things that make you weak and ashamed. Say only those things that make you strong. Do only those things that you could speak of with honor.
JORDAN PETERSONSo, 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.
JORDAN PETERSONIt is better, proverbially, to rule your own spirit than to rule a city.
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