There are so many ways that things can fall apart, or fail to work altogether, and it is always wounded people who are holding it together.
JORDAN PETERSONDon’t use language instrumentally.
More Jordan Peterson Quotes
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It is not virtuous to be victimized by a bully, even if that bully is oneself.
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Stop saying those things that make you weak and ashamed. Say only those things that make you strong. Do only those things that you could speak of with honor.
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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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There are some games you don’t get to play unless you are all in.
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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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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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That’s poetic in its malevolence.
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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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Truth reduces the terrible complexity of a man to the simplicity of his word.
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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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Question for parents: do you want to make your children safe, or strong?
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People who know what to expect from one another can act together to tame the world.
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One of the problems with being relatively wealthy if you are a parent is that you cannot provide your children with necessity.
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We are increasingly falling prey to the desperation of meaninglessness.
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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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