Perhaps you are overvaluing what you don’t have and undervaluing what you do.
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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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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People organize their brains with conversation. If they don’t have anyone to tell their story to, they lose their minds. Like hoarders, they cannot unclutter themselves.
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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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It is better, proverbially, to rule your own spirit than to rule a city.
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Old age and treachery can always overcome youth and skill.
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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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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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When you have something to say, silence is a lie.
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Order is not enough. You can’t just be stable, and secure, and unchanging, because there are still vital and important new things to be learned.
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It is far better to render beings in your car competent than to protect them.
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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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The secret to your existence is right in front of you. It manifests itself as all those things you know you should do but are avoiding.
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Alongside our wish to be free of rules, we all search for structure.
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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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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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