Anyone who was out to change the world by changing others was to be regarded with suspicion. The temptations of such a position were too great to be resisted.
JORDAN PETERSONIf 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.
More Jordan Peterson Quotes
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Begin by treating yourself as if you were someone you were responsible for helping.
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There’s a worthy and noble ambition: strength in the face of adversity. That is very different from the wish for a life free of trouble.
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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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There’s some real utility in gratitude. It’s also good protection against the dangers of victimhood and resentment.
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You’re not perfect just the way you are. You could be better!
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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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You should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
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Consult your resentment. It’s a revelatory emotion, for all its pathology.
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If you don’t say what you think then you kill your unborn self.
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See the truth. Tell the truth.
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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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It is far better to render beings in your care competent than to protect them.
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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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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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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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