We are increasingly falling prey to the desperation of meaninglessness.
JORDAN PETERSONSometimes it seems the only people willing to give advice in a realistic society are those with the least to offer.
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If you cannot understand why someone did something, look at the consequences – and infer the motivation.
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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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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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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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If you betray yourself, if you say untrue things, if you act out a lie, you weaken your character.
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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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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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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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It is far better to render beings in your care competent than to protect them.
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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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People who know what to expect from one another can act together to tame the world.
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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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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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Don’t use language instrumentally.
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Every bit of learning is a little death. Every bit of new information challenges a previous conception, forcing it to dissolve into chaos before it can be reborn as something better. Sometimes such deaths virtually destroy us.
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