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.
JORDAN PETERSONDon’t ever underestimate the destructive power of sins of omission.
More Jordan Peterson Quotes
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You’re not perfect just the way you are. You could be better!
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Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street.
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Always place your becoming above your current being.
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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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When you have something to say, silence is a lie.
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If a child has not been taught to behave properly by the age of four, it will forever be difficult for him or her to make friends.
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Don’t ever underestimate the destructive power of sins of omission.
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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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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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If you betray yourself, if you say untrue things, if you act out a lie, you weaken your character.
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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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You can only find out what you actually believe (rather than what you think you believe) by watching how you act.
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Ideologies are substitutes for true knowledge, and ideologues are always dangerous when they come to power, because a simple-minded I-know-it-all approach is no match for the complexity of existence.
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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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Life is indistinguishable from effortful maintenance.
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