Jordan Peterson on minimalism
Jordan Peterson101 quotes“See the truth. Tell the truth.”
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Assume that the person you are listening to might know something you don’t.
Jordan PetersonJordan Peterson That which you most need to find will be found where you least wish to look.
Jordan PetersonJordan Peterson Much of happiness is hope.
Jordan PetersonJordan Peterson Don’t use language instrumentally.
Jordan PetersonJordan Peterson We may not exactly be God, but we’re not exactly nothing, either.
Jordan PetersonJordan Peterson 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.
Jordan PetersonJordan Peterson Treat yourself like you would someone you’re responsible for helping.
Jordan PetersonJordan Peterson Stop saying those things that make you weak and ashamed. Say only those things that make you strong. Do only those things that you could speak of with honor.
Jordan PetersonJordan Peterson Territory matters, and there is little difference between territorial rights and social status. It is often a matter of life and death.
Jordan PetersonJordan Peterson If you cannot understand why someone did something, look at the consequences – and infer the motivation.
Jordan PetersonJordan Peterson You must determine where you are going in your life, because you cannot get there unless you move in that direction.
Jordan PetersonJordan Peterson Order is not enough. You can’t just be stable, and secure, and unchanging, because there are still vital and important new things to be learned.
Jordan PetersonJordan Peterson I’m not hurt. I’m appalled.
Jordan PetersonJordan Peterson It’s the chattering buzz of ideologically possessed demons.
Jordan PetersonJordan Peterson Beauty shames the ugly. Strength shames the weak. Death shames the living – and the Ideal shames us all.
Jordan PetersonJordan Peterson I don’t think that you have any insight whatsoever into your capacity for good until you have some well-developed insight into your capacity for evil.
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Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau The great artist is the simplifier.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh The less said the better.
Jane AustenJane Austen There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Simplicity, that’s what I want. It’s been a rare commodity for me for a number of years.
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