Beauty shames the ugly. Strength shames the weak. Death shames the living – and the Ideal shames us all.
JORDAN PETERSONThe successful among us delay gratification. The successful among us bargain with the future.
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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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Anyone who was out to change the world by changing others was to be regarded with suspicion. The temptations of such a position were too great to be resisted.
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That which you most need to find will be found where you least wish to look.
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Treat yourself like you would someone you’re responsible for helping.
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People who know what to expect from one another can act together to tame the world.
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Aristotle defined virtues simply as the ways of behaving that are most conducive to happiness in life.
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You should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
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Truth reduces the terrible complexity of a man to the simplicity of his word.
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It’s appropriate and praiseworthy to associate with people whose lives would be improved if they saw your life improve.
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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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Ideologies are substitutes for true knowledge, and ideologues are always dangerous when they come to power, because a simple-minded I-know-it-all approach is no match for the complexity of existence.
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Life is indistinguishable from effortful maintenance.
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Much of happiness is hope, no matter how deep the underworld in which that hope was conceived.
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When the aristocracy catches a cold, as it is said, the working class dies of pneumonia.
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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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