We cannot navigate, without something to aim at and, while we are in this world, we must always navigate.
JORDAN PETERSONI 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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Territory matters, and there is little difference between territorial rights and social status. It is often a matter of life and death.
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That’s poetic in its malevolence.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street.
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To suffer terribly and to know yourself as the cause: that is Hell.
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Assume that the person you are listening to might know something you don’t.
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That which you most need to find will be found where you least wish to look.
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There are some games you don’t get to play unless you are all in.
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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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So, listen, to yourself and to those with whom you are speaking. Your wisdom then consists not of the knowledge you already have, but the continual search for knowledge, which is the highest form of wisdom.
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