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 PETERSONIt’s a luxury to pursue what makes you happy; it’s a moral obligation to pursue what you find meaningful.
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The things that pose the greatest threats to your survival are the most real things.
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What you aim at determines what you see.
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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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It’s the chattering buzz of ideologically possessed demons.
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If you fulfill your obligations every day you don’t need to worry about the future.
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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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We believe that in reducing the scope and importance of our errors, we are properly humble; in truth, we are merely unwilling to bear the weight of our true responsibility.
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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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In Paradise, everyone speaks the truth. That is what makes it Paradise. Tell the truth. Or, at least, don’t lie.
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That which you most need to find will be found where you least wish to look.
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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 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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Nietzsche said that a man’s worth was determined by how much truth he could tolerate.
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People who know what to expect from one another can act together to tame the world.
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Old age and treachery can always overcome youth and skill.
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