Every 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 PETERSONBegin by treating yourself as if you were someone you were responsible for helping.
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We cannot navigate, without something to aim at and, while we are in this world, we must always navigate.
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It is not virtuous to be victimized by a bully, even if that bully is oneself.
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what can be truly loved about a person is inseparable from their limitations.
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Much of happiness is hope.
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Old age and treachery can always overcome youth and skill.
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Nietzsche said that a man’s worth was determined by how much truth he could tolerate.
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It’s appropriate and praiseworthy to associate with people whose lives would be improved if they saw your life improve.
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True thinking is rare – just like true listening.
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People organize their brains with conversation. If they don’t have anyone to tell their story to, they lose their minds. Like hoarders, they cannot unclutter themselves.
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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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Beauty shames the ugly. Strength shames the weak. Death shames the living – and the Ideal shames us all.
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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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If you are not willing to be a fool, you can’t become a master.
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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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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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