Begin by treating yourself as if you were someone you were responsible for helping.
JORDAN PETERSONWhen the aristocracy catches a cold, as it is said, the working class dies of pneumonia.
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If you cannot understand why someone did something, look at the consequences – and infer the motivation.
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Every bit of learning is a little death. Every bit of new information challenges a previous conception, forcing it to dissolve into chaos before it can be reborn as something better. Sometimes such deaths virtually destroy us.
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And if you think tough men are dangerous, wait until you see what weak men are capable of.
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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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Consult your resentment. It’s a revelatory emotion, for all its pathology.
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Truth reduces the terrible complexity of a man to the simplicity of his word.
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You’re not perfect just the way you are. You could be better!
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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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The successful among us delay gratification. The successful among us bargain with the future.
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It is not virtuous to be victimized by a bully, even if that bully is oneself.
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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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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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Worthlessness is the default condition.
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It is my firm belief that the best way to fix the world – a handyman’s dream, if ever there was one – is to fix yourself.
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Old age and treachery can always overcome youth and skill.
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