Consult your resentment. It’s a revelatory emotion, for all its pathology.
JORDAN PETERSONQuestion for parents: do you want to make your children safe, or strong?
More Jordan Peterson Quotes
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It is not virtuous to be victimized by a bully, even if that bully is oneself.
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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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You’re not perfect just the way you are. You could be better!
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what can be truly loved about a person is inseparable from their limitations.
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The purpose of life, as far as I can tell, is to find a mode of being that’s so meaningful that the fact that life is suffering is no longer relevant.
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Old age and treachery can always overcome youth and skill.
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Women select men. That makes them nature, because nature is what selects.
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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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People who know what to expect from one another can act together to tame the world.
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Anyone who was out to change the world by changing others was to be regarded with suspicion. The temptations of such a position were too great to be resisted.
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Sometimes it seems the only people willing to give advice in a realistic society are those with the least to offer.
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There 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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The secret to your existence is right in front of you. It manifests itself as all those things you know you should do but are avoiding.
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It’s a luxury to pursue what makes you happy; it’s a moral obligation to pursue what you find meaningful.
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Thus, you should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
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