You cannot be protected from the things that frighten you and hurt you, but if you identify with the part of your being that is responsible for transformation, then you are always the equal, or more than the equal of the things that frighten you.
JORDAN PETERSONDon’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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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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Much of happiness is hope.
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You remember the past not so that it is “accurately recorded,” to say it again, but so that you are prepared for the future.
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That’s poetic in its malevolence.
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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 can only find out what you actually believe (rather than what you think you believe) by watching how you act.
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But we can aim too high. Or too low. Or too chaotically. So we fail and live in disappointment, even when we appear to others to be living well.
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If you cannot understand why someone did something, look at the consequences – and infer the motivation.
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In Paradise, everyone speaks the truth. That is what makes it Paradise. Tell the truth. Or, at least, don’t lie.
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We require routine and tradition. That’s order. Order can become excessive, and that’s not good, but chaos can swamp us, so we drown – and that is also not good. We need to stay on the straight and narrow path.
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You deserve some respect. You are important to other people, as much as to yourself. You have some vital role to play in the unfolding destiny of the world.
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What you aim at determines what you see.
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When existence reveals itself as existentially intolerable, thinking collapses in on itself. In such situations – in the depths—it’s noticing, not thinking, that does the trick.
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what can be truly loved about a person is inseparable from their limitations.
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That which you most need to find will be found where you least wish to look.
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