To act is literally to manifest preference about one set of possibilities, contrasted with an infinite set of alternatives. If we wish to live, we must act. Acting, we value.
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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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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You should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
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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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The things that pose the greatest threats to your survival are the most real things.
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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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Nietzsche said that a man’s worth was determined by how much truth he could tolerate.
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Thus, you should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
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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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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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Assume that the person you are listening to might know something you don’t.
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If you cannot understand why someone did something, look at the consequences – and infer the motivation.
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Don’t underestimate the power of vision and direction. These are irresistible forces, able to transform what might appear to be unconquerable obstacles into traversable pathways and expanding opportunities.
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And if you think tough men are dangerous, wait until you see what weak men are capable of.
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In order to be able to think, you have to risk being offensive.
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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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