Dreams shed light on the dim places where reason itself has yet to voyage.
JORDAN PETERSONWhen 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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Dare, instead, to be dangerous. Dare to be truthful. Dare to articulate yourself, and express (or at least become aware of) what would really justify your life.
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You remember the past not so that it is “accurately recorded,” to say it again, but so that you are prepared for the future.
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There are so many ways that things can fall apart, or fail to work altogether, and it is always wounded people who are holding it together.
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It is far better to render beings in your car competent than to protect them.
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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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We may not exactly be God, but we’re not exactly nothing, either.
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Perhaps you are overvaluing what you don’t have and undervaluing what you do.
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You’re going to pay a price for every bloody thing you do and everything you don’t do. You don’t get to choose to not pay a price. You get to choose which poison you’re going to take. That’s it.
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Don’t use language instrumentally.
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It is not virtuous to be victimized by a bully, even if that bully is oneself.
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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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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.
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Experience is the best teacher, and the worst experiences teach the best lessons.
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Begin by treating yourself as if you were someone you were responsible for helping.
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To suffer terribly and to know yourself as the cause: that is Hell.
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