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We require routine and tradition. That’s order. Order can become excessive, and that’s not good, but chaos can swamp us, so we drown – and that is also not good. We need to stay on the straight and narrow path.

Jordan Peterson

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.
JORDAN PETERSON

Believe Dream World Yourself
When the aristocracy catches a cold, as it is said, the working class dies of pneumonia.
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Death Politics Sick
You cannot be protected from the things that frighten you and hurt you, but if you identify with the part of your being that is responsible for transformation, then you are always the equal, or more than the equal of the things that frighten you.
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Equality Hurt Inspirational Protection Transformation Yourself
There’s a worthy and noble ambition: strength in the face of adversity. That is very different from the wish for a life free of trouble.
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Different Freedom Life Strength Worth
It is better, proverbially, to rule your own spirit than to rule a city.
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Control Yourself
If you betray yourself, if you say untrue things, if you act out a lie, you weaken your character.
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Character Lie True Weakness Worth Yourself
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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Carry Character Development Dream Power Struggle
You deserve some respect. You are important to other people, as much as to yourself. You have some vital role to play in the unfolding destiny of the world.
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Deserve Destiny Important People Respect Worth Yourself
Sometimes it seems the only people willing to give advice in a realistic society are those with the least to offer.
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People Reality Willing
See the truth. Tell the truth.
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Minimalism One Liner See Truth
Treat yourself like you would someone you’re responsible for helping.
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Responsible Self Love Yourself
A hurricane is an act of God. But failure to prepare, when the necessity for preparation is well known – that’s sin.
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Act Failure God Necessary Preparation Sin
Don’t underestimate the power of vision and direction. These are irresistible forces, able to transform what might appear to be unconquerable obstacles into traversable pathways and expanding opportunities.
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Direction Inspirational Opportunity Power Transformation
You should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
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Be Yourself Sacrifice Worth
If society is corrupt, but not the individuals within it, then where did the corruption originate? How is it propagated? It’s a one-sided, deeply ideological theory.
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Born People Reality
The purpose of life, as far as I can tell, is to find a mode of being that’s so meaningful that the fact that life is suffering is no longer relevant.
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Life Philosophy Purpose

We require routine and tradition. That’s order. Order can become excessive, and that’s not good, but chaos can swamp us, so we drown – and that is also not good. We need to stay on the straight and narrow path.

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We require routine and tradition. That’s order. Order can become excessive, and that’s not good, but chaos can swamp us, so we drown – and that is also not good. We need to stay on the straight and narrow path.

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