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 PETERSONWorthlessness is the default condition.
More Jordan Peterson Quotes
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See the truth. Tell the truth.
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Alongside our wish to be free of rules, we all search for structure.
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You should not overlook the guidelines of your culture. Life is short, and you don’t have time to figure everything out on your own. The wisdom of the past was hard-earned, and your dead ancestors may have something useful to tell you.
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Consciousness is a mystery that faces the mystery of potential and transforms it into actuality. We do that with every choice we make. Our choices determine the destiny of the world. By making a choice, you alter the structure of reality.
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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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There are some games you don’t get to play unless you are all in.
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If you cannot understand why someone did something, look at the consequences – and infer the motivation.
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Assume that the person you are listening to might know something you don’t.
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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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We 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.
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Much of happiness is hope, no matter how deep the underworld in which that hope was conceived.
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We cannot navigate, without something to aim at and, while we are in this world, we must always navigate.
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So, 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.
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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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Don’t underestimate the power of vision and direction. These are irresistible forces, able to transform what might appear to be unconquerable obstacles into traversable pathways and expanding opportunities.
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