Anyone who was out to change the world by changing others was to be regarded with suspicion. The temptations of such a position were too great to be resisted.
JORDAN PETERSONYou can only find out what you actually believe (rather than what you think you believe) by watching how you act.
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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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If you betray yourself, if you say untrue things, if you act out a lie, you weaken your character.
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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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Truth reduces the terrible complexity of a man to the simplicity of his word.
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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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You’re not perfect just the way you are. You could be better!
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Women select men. That makes them nature, because nature is what selects.
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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.
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It’s the chattering buzz of ideologically possessed demons.
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Perhaps you are overvaluing what you don’t have and undervaluing what you do.
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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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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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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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Old age and treachery can always overcome youth and skill.
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If you don’t say what you think then you kill your unborn self.
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