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.
JORDAN PETERSONIdeologies 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.
JORDAN PETERSONYou should not overlook the guidelines of your culture. Life is short, and you don’t have time to figure everything out on your own. The wisdom of the past was hard-earned, and your dead ancestors may have something useful to tell you.
JORDAN PETERSONYou can only find out what you actually believe (rather than what you think you believe) by watching how you act.
JORDAN PETERSONConsciousness 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.
JORDAN PETERSONThat’s poetic in its malevolence.
JORDAN PETERSONUntruth corrupts the soul and the state alike, and one form of corruption feeds the other.
JORDAN PETERSONIf you don’t say what you think then you kill your unborn self.
JORDAN PETERSONNietzsche said that a man’s worth was determined by how much truth he could tolerate.
JORDAN PETERSONTrue thinking is rare – just like true listening.
JORDAN PETERSONYou don’t get to choose not to pay a price, you only get to choose which price you pay.
JORDAN PETERSONIt 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.
JORDAN PETERSONEvery bit of learning is a little death. Every bit of new information challenges a previous conception, forcing it to dissolve into chaos before it can be reborn as something better. Sometimes such deaths virtually destroy us.
JORDAN PETERSONDon’t use language instrumentally.
JORDAN PETERSONYou should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
JORDAN PETERSONYou can only find out what you actually believe (rather than what you think you believe) by watching how you act. You simply don’t know what you believe, before that. You are too complex to understand yourself.
JORDAN PETERSONAlways place your becoming above your current being.
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