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 PETERSONPet a cat when you encounter one on the street.
More Jordan Peterson Quotes
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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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If you betray yourself, if you say untrue things, if you act out a lie, you weaken your character.
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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.
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People organize their brains with conversation. If they don’t have anyone to tell their story to, they lose their minds. Like hoarders, they cannot unclutter themselves.
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Begin by treating yourself as if you were someone you were responsible for helping.
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Beauty shames the ugly. Strength shames the weak. Death shames the living – and the Ideal shames us all.
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I’m not hurt. I’m appalled.
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One of the problems with being relatively wealthy if you are a parent is that you cannot provide your children with necessity.
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When 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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In order to be able to think, you have to risk being offensive.
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Question for parents: do you want to make your children safe, or strong?
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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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We cannot navigate, without something to aim at and, while we are in this world, we must always navigate.
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To suffer terribly and to know yourself as the cause: that is Hell.
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The things that pose the greatest threats to your survival are the most real things.
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