You can only find out what you actually believe (rather than what you think you believe) by watching how you act.
JORDAN PETERSONYou 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.
More Jordan Peterson Quotes
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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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Life is indistinguishable from effortful maintenance.
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Much of happiness is hope.
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Question for parents: do you want to make your children safe, or strong?
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Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.
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There’s some real utility in gratitude. It’s also good protection against the dangers of victimhood and resentment.
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Consciousness is a mystery that faces the mystery of potential and transforms it into actuality. We do that with every choice we make. Our choices determine the destiny of the world. By making a choice, you alter the structure of reality.
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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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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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Worthlessness is the default condition.
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It took untold generations to get you where you are. A little gratitude might be in order. If you’re going to insist on bending the world to your way, you better have your reasons.
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I’m not hurt. I’m appalled.
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If you are not willing to be a fool, you can’t become a master.
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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 better, proverbially, to rule your own spirit than to rule a city.
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