You remember the past not so that it is “accurately recorded,” to say it again, but so that you are prepared for the future.
JORDAN PETERSONYou remember the past not so that it is “accurately recorded,” to say it again, but so that you are prepared for the future.
More Jordan Peterson Quotes
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You should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
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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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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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In order to be able to think, you have to risk being offensive.
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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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The things that pose the greatest threats to your survival are the most real things.
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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. You simply don’t know what you believe, before that. You are too complex to understand yourself.
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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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That’s poetic in its malevolence.
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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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If you don’t say what you think then you kill your unborn self.
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It is not virtuous to be victimized by a bully, even if that bully is oneself.
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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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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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