To act is literally to manifest preference about one set of possibilities, contrasted with an infinite set of alternatives. If we wish to live, we must act. Acting, we value.
JORDAN PETERSONAnd if you think tough men are dangerous, wait until you see what weak men are capable of.
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Dreams shed light on the dim places where reason itself has yet to voyage.
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You’re not perfect just the way you are. You could be better!
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When you have something to say, silence is a lie.
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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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True thinking is rare – just like true listening.
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It is far better to render beings in your care competent than to protect them.
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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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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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It is not virtuous to be victimized by a bully, even if that bully is oneself.
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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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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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You should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
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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.
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We are increasingly falling prey to the desperation of meaninglessness.
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That the soul of the individual eternally hungers for the heroism of genuine being.
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