And if you think tough men are dangerous, wait until you see what weak men are capable of.
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.
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Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.
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That the soul of the individual eternally hungers for the heroism of genuine being.
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True thinking is rare – just like true listening.
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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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You don’t get to choose not to pay a price, you only get to choose which price you pay.
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Life is indistinguishable from effortful maintenance.
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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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It’s a luxury to pursue what makes you happy; it’s a moral obligation to pursue what you find meaningful.
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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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When the aristocracy catches a cold, as it is said, the working class dies of pneumonia.
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To act is literally to manifest preference about one set of possibilities, contrasted with an infinite set of alternatives. If we wish to live, we must act. Acting, we value.
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Consult your resentment. It’s a revelatory emotion, for all its pathology.
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Order is not enough. You can’t just be stable, and secure, and unchanging, because there are still vital and important new things to be learned.
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Begin by treating yourself as if you were someone you were responsible for helping.
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The things that pose the greatest threats to your survival are the most real things.
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