Untruth corrupts the soul and the state alike, and one form of corruption feeds the other.
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.
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But we can aim too high. Or too low. Or too chaotically. So we fail and live in disappointment, even when we appear to others to be living well.
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People who know what to expect from one another can act together to tame the world.
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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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That’s poetic in its malevolence.
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Old age and treachery can always overcome youth and skill.
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Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.
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We believe that in reducing the scope and importance of our errors, we are properly humble; in truth, we are merely unwilling to bear the weight of our true responsibility.
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It took untold generations to get you where you are. A little gratitude might be in order. If you’re going to insist on bending the world to your way, you better have your reasons.
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Dare, instead, to be dangerous. Dare to be truthful. Dare to articulate yourself, and express (or at least become aware of) what would really justify your life.
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Don’t ever underestimate the destructive power of sins of omission.
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It is far better to render beings in your care competent than to protect them.
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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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Aristotle defined virtues simply as the ways of behaving that are most conducive to happiness in life.
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Much of happiness is hope.
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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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